Vancouver Bandits to honour Terry Fox with jerseys on Canada Day [Video]

The Vancouver Bandits professional basketball team has unveiled special edition jerseys for players to wear in a nationally televised game on Canada Day.

The slick new threads will pay tribute to Canadian icon and national hero Terry Fox.

Fox’s attempt to run across the country after losing a leg to cancer has inspired people across the globe to raise hundreds of millions of dollars to cancer research.

But before the Marathon of Hope, his first athletic passion was basketball.

Despite being cut from the team in Grade 8, Fox worked hard to improve his game and it payed off.

“He didn’t quit. By the time he got to Grade 10 he was one of the starting players and the captain of the team,” said his brother Fred Fox. “And that continued, even on to Simon Fraser University as a walk on athlete, and he loved the game.”

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