Abby Hoffman's parents took the case to the Ontario Supreme Court and the story was covered by Time and Newsweek.
11 Facts About Abby Hoffman
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Abby Hoffman played for the St Catharines Tee Pees, a boys' team in the newly formed Little Toronto Hockey League as a defenceman and was selected for an all-star charity game.
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Abby Hoffman competed in four Olympic Games:, four Pan American Games and two Commonwealth Games and was Canada's flag-bearer at the 1976 Games in Montreal.
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Abby Hoffman competed in two summer Universiades in 1965 and 1967, where she took home a bronze medal and a silver medal respectively in the 800 metre event.
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Abby Hoffman won the gold medal in the 880-yard event at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games.
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Abby Hoffman finished 7th in the 800 metres at the Mexico Olympics; and in the 1972 Munich games she was 8th in a historic women's 800 metre race in which the entire field but two broke the 2-minute barrier.
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Abby Hoffman ran a 2:00.17 seconds; a Canadian record and personal best.
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Abby Hoffman won gold for the 800-metre race at the 1963 Pan American Games and 1971 Pan American Games and the bronze at the 1967, at the 1975 Games, a silver and a bronze for the 800-metre and the 1500-metre distances.
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Abby Hoffman is currently the assistant deputy minister for the Strategic Policy Branch for Health Canada.
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Abby Hoffman is the sister of Paul F Hoffman, a geologist who has promoted the "snowball earth" hypothesis.
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In 1982, Abby Hoffman was made an officer of the Order of Canada.