The "Lizzies", as they were known, won more than 200 titles at the city, provincial, and national levels in baseball, basketball, football, and hockey.
[1] Among the players who competed for the Lizzies were Lionel Conacher, Nig Eisen, Goody Rosen and Alex Levinsky.
[4] In November, Abate was found guilty of negligence in a fatal accident and was given a $1,000 fine and lost his driver's license for six months.
[6] During an interview in April 1963, with the Toronto Star, Abate stated that his coaching style was not a "win-at-any-cost attitude," but said, "I liked my guys to play as hard as they could, battle every inch of the way.
"[7] When he started working at the Elizabeth Playground, the area was mainly Jewish immigrant families, and other nationalities and races.