Aquatic Fantasies: Female Commercial Swimmers

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Morality, Religion and SportsThe Dutch Cycling Cha...

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Carmen PomiesThe Most Important Woman Footballer i...

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Fleetwood LadiesPart ThreeMedia Coverage

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Aquatic Fantasies: Female Commercial Swimmers

by Keith Myerscough | Jun 21, 2021 | British Society of Sports History [BSSH], Swimming & Diving, Women in Sport | 0

Female natationists were an essential ingredient in the provision of swimming as a commercially...

Carmen Pomies
The Most Important Woman Footballer in History
Part 2 of 3 – La Galerie des Champions Tour 1925

by Steve Bolton | Jun 14, 2021 | British Society of Sports History [BSSH], Focus on Fodens: History of Women's Football, Football, Team Sports, Women in Sport | 0
Morality, Religion and Sports
The Dutch Cycling Championships in Exile in Belgium (1913-1914)

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Carmen Pomies
The Most Important Woman Footballer in History
Part 1/3

by Steve Bolton | Jun 7, 2021 | British Society of Sports History [BSSH], Focus on Fodens: History of Women's Football, Football, Team Sports, Women in Sport | 0
Fleetwood Ladies
Part Three
Media Coverage

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Aquatic Fantasies: Female Commercial Swimmers

Aquatic Fantasies: Female Commercial Swi...

Carmen Pomies<br>The Most Important Woman Footballer in History<br>Part 2 of 3 – La Galerie des Champions Tour 1925

Carmen PomiesThe Most Important Woman Fo...

Morality, Religion and Sports<br>The Dutch Cycling Championships in Exile in Belgium (1913-1914)

Morality, Religion and SportsThe Dutch C...

Carmen Pomies<br>The Most Important Woman Footballer in History<br>Part 1/3

Carmen PomiesThe Most Important Woman Fo...

Fleetwood Ladies<br>Part Three<br>Media Coverage

Fleetwood LadiesPart ThreeMedia Coverage...

Fleetwood Ladies<br>Part Two<br>Players and Officials

Fleetwood LadiesPart TwoPlayers and Offi...

The Reverend K.G.G. Hunt<br>Muscular Christian and Famous footballer

The Reverend K.G.G. HuntMuscular Christi...

Fleetwood Ladies<br>Part One

Fleetwood LadiesPart One

Alf Tupper<br>‘The Tough of the Track’ and the Class Struggle in British Athletics

Alf Tupper‘The Tough of the Track’ and t...

Golf and the Common: <br>The Hertfordshire Experience

Golf and the Common: The Hertfordshire E...

Animals, Humans and Sport in Eighteenth-century England

Animals, Humans and Sport in Eighteenth-...

The Immediate Legacy of Pat Smythe:<br>The Pony-Mad Teenager in 1950s and 1960s Britain

The Immediate Legacy of Pat Smythe:The P...

Historical Treasures from Milan Archivio di Stato<br>~Part 4~

Historical Treasures from Milan Archivio...

Ernst Jokl and Layers of Truth

Ernst Jokl and Layers of Truth

Historical Treasures from Milan Archivio di Stato<br>~Part 3~

Historical Treasures from Milan Archivio...

Michael Collins: from Via Tevere to the Moon

Michael Collins: from Via Tevere to the ...

Industrial Heritage<br>Part 4<br>Public Swimming Baths: A Civic Responsibility?

Industrial HeritagePart 4Public Swimming...

Industrial Heritage:<br>Part 3<br>Collier Street Baths: Past, Present, Future

Industrial Heritage:Part 3Collier Street...

Hockey’s Religious Foundations<br>Part 3<br>Quakers Play and Support Hockey’s Development

Hockey’s Religious FoundationsPart 3Quak...

Industrial Heritage<br>Part 2<br>Public Baths Providing Health, Hygiene, and Exercise

Industrial HeritagePart 2Public Baths Pr...

Hockey’s Religious Foundations<br>Part 2<br>Nonconformists Lead Hockey’s Downward Social Diffusion

Hockey’s Religious FoundationsPart 2Nonc...

Industrial Heritage<br>Part 1:<br>Cotton Lancashire’s Victorian Swimming Baths

Industrial HeritagePart 1:Cotton Lancash...

Hockey’s Religious Foundations:<br>Part 1<br>The Anglican Clergy turn a Suburban Game into a National Sport

Hockey’s Religious Foundations:Part 1The...

‘The Pioneer of Ladies Football in Ireland:’<br>A brief history of Mrs Scott<br>Part Two

‘The Pioneer of Ladies Football in Irela...

‘The Pioneer of Ladies Football in Ireland:’<br>A brief history of Mrs Scott<br>Part One

‘The Pioneer of Ladies Football in Irela...

Reviewing the Sports Department of the 1913 World’s Fair:<br>The Roots of the Tour of Flanders.

Reviewing the Sports Department of the 1...

ONCE UPON A TIME:<br>WHEN VIENNA WAS THE CITY OF THE STRONGEST MEN<br>Part 2

ONCE UPON A TIME:WHEN VIENNA WAS THE CIT...

When Hull got Hooked on Hockey:<br>East Yorkshire’s Edwardian Sporting Boom

When Hull got Hooked on Hockey:East York...

ONCE UPON A TIME:<br>WHEN VIENNA WAS THE CITY OF THE STRONGEST MEN<br>Part 1

ONCE UPON A TIME:WHEN VIENNA WAS THE CIT...

The relay runners who joined the Resistance:<br>1930s-1940s Italian athletes Lydia Bongiovanni and Elda Franco<br>Part 3

The relay runners who joined the Resista...

BARTITSU:<br>The Art of Self-defence<br>Part 2

BARTITSU:The Art of Self-defencePart 2...

The Relay Runners Who Joined the Resistance:<br>1930s-1940s Italian athletes<br>Lydia Bongiovanni and Elda Franco<br>Part 2

The Relay Runners Who Joined the Resista...

BARTITSU:<br>The Art of Self-defence<br>Part 1

BARTITSU:The Art of Self-defencePart 1...

The Relay Runners Who Joined the Resistance:<br>1930s-1940s Italian Athletes Lydia Bongiovanni and Elda Franco<br>Part 1

The Relay Runners Who Joined the Resista...

From Clamorous to Charitable:<br>An Abbreviated History of the Baseline Bums

From Clamorous to Charitable:An Abbrevia...

1971 Women’s World Cup:<br>Interviews with Players<br>Carol Wilson<br>Captain of the Squad

1971 Women’s World Cup:Interviews ...

Women’s Football in Interwar Scotland:<br>Sadie Smith and the Legendary Rutherglen Ladies FC<br>Part 2

Women’s Football in Interwar Scotland:Sa...

Courting Controversy:<br>How Tennis Activism has Responded to the Margaret Court Arena in Australia and Her Homophobic Comments:<br>How Social Media Often Fails

Courting Controversy:How Tennis Activism...

Women’s Football in Interwar Scotland:<br>Sadie Smith and the Legendary Rutherglen Ladies FC<br>Part 1

Women’s Football in Interwar Scotland:Sa...

The Italian Job:<br>The role of Italian sportswomen in 1933 Turin International University Games

The Italian Job:The role of Italian spor...

Early Cycling and Cycling Competitions 1890-1902:<br>From Cycling Tourism to Cyclo-cross

Early Cycling and Cycling Competitions 1...

Mini-Golf: Seaside Fun or Serious Sport? Part 2

Mini-Golf: Seaside Fun or Serious Sport?...

Mini-Golf: Seaside Fun or Serious Sport? Part 1

Mini-Golf: Seaside Fun or Serious Sport?...

Flipping through Grazia’s Photo Albums: <br>Flashbacks from the Career of a 1940s-1950s Italian Figure Ice Skating Champion <br> Part 5

Flipping through Grazia’s Photo Albums: ...

League hockey, not for us, insist the Hockey Association

League hockey, not for us, insist the Ho...

THE FORGOTTEN FIRST LADY:<br>Rediscovering Violet Piercy, Marathon Pioneer<br>Part 3

THE FORGOTTEN FIRST LADY:Rediscovering V...

A Brief History of Mixed Hockey before WWII:<br>The ‘Mixers’ Have Hockey’s Rulers All Mixed Up

A Brief History of Mixed Hockey before W...

THE FORGOTTEN FIRST LADY:<br>Rediscovering Violet Piercy, Marathon Pioneer<br>Part 2

THE FORGOTTEN FIRST LADY:Rediscovering V...

“And then we were Boycotted”<br>New Discoveries about the Birth of Women’s Football in Italy [1933] <br> Part 10

“And then we were Boycotted”New Discover...

A Different Breed?<br>Animal History for the Sporting Historian

A Different Breed?Animal History for the...

“And then we were Boycotted”<br>New Discoveries about the Birth of Women’s Football in Italy [1933] <br> Part 9

“And then we were Boycotted”New Discover...

THE FORGOTTEN FIRST LADY:<br>Rediscovering Violet Piercy, Marathon Pioneer<br>Part 1

THE FORGOTTEN FIRST LADY:Rediscovering V...

1971 Women’s World Cup:<br>Interviews with Players:<br>Part 3

1971 Women’s World Cup:Interviews with P...

#NSM2020 – The Negotiation Years

#NSM2020 – The Negotiation Years

1971 Women’s World Cup:<br>Interviews with Players:<br>Part 2

1971 Women’s World Cup:Interviews with P...

Separate but Equal:<br>Black Fives Women’s Basketball

Separate but Equal:Black Fives Women’s B...

“And then we were Boycotted”<br>New Discoveries about the Birth of Women’s Football in Italy [1933] <br> Part 8

“And then we were Boycotted”New Discover...

1971 Women’s World Cup:<br>Interviews with Players:<br>Part 1

1971 Women’s World Cup:Interviews with P...

Mrs K. L. Summerton:<br>The Forgotten Founder of the Women’s Amateur Rowing Association?

Mrs K. L. Summerton:The Forgotten Founde...

Ivor Montagu:<br>Table Tennis and Apartheid South Africa

Ivor Montagu:Table Tennis and Apartheid ...

A Short History of the Barclay Match:<br>Long-Distance Pedestrianism in the Nineteenth Century

A Short History of the Barclay Match:Lon...

Lily Parr<br>Amateur Cricketer, Hockey Player & Footballer<br>My Tribute to My Granny Lizzy Ashcroft’s Great Friend

Lily ParrAmateur Cricketer, Hockey Playe...

#NSM2020 – Geoffrey and Ida’s Secret Romance

#NSM2020 – Geoffrey and Ida’s Secret Rom...

Athletics in the Late Nineteenth Century and the Conflict between the North and the South

Athletics in the Late Nineteenth Century...

Historical Treasures from Milan Archivio di Stato<br>~ Part 2 ~

Historical Treasures from Milan Archivio...

Historical Treasures from Milan Archivio di Stato<br>~ Part 1 ~

Historical Treasures from Milan Archivio...

‘White Eagles’, ‘Proud Albion’ and Spicy Garlic Food<br>The English National Football Team’s Visit to Yugoslavia in May 1939

‘White Eagles’, ‘Proud Albion’ and Spicy...

A ‘Remarkable Career of Public Usefulness’:<br>Birmingham Swimming Professor John Bates.

A ‘Remarkable Career of Public Usefulnes...

Catalonia July 1936 – May 1937:<br>The Impact of the Spanish Civil War on Sport

Catalonia July 1936 – May 1937:The...

The Barnish Cup and the Jean Arnold Collection:<br>Helping to Tell the Story of Women’s League Hockey in Liverpool

The Barnish Cup and the Jean Arnold Coll...

The Unfinished ‘Amusement and Sports Park’ Project in Warsaw from 1921<br>the First Vision for an Olympic District in the Capital City of the Second Polish Republic?

The Unfinished ‘Amusement and Sports Par...

Another Dibiasi, another phenomenon!<br>The story of Karl Dibiasi

Another Dibiasi, another phenomenon!The ...

‘Ghosts are Much of What Makes a Space a Place’:<br>Interpreting the Relics of the 1936 Berlin Olympic Village through Art

‘Ghosts are Much of What Makes a Space a...

#NSM2020 – Music in wartime

#NSM2020 – Music in wartime

Competition, Sportification and Dutch Decency:<br>Sport Ambiguities in the Netherlands in the Long Twentieth Century

Competition, Sportification and Dutch De...

“Footballer in a motor smash”:<br>Footballers, Motorcycles and the Dangers of Interwar Driving

“Footballer in a motor smash”:Footballer...

‘On the Field with the Coyness of Debutantes’:<br>Uncovering the Hidden History of Female Footballers

‘On the Field with the Coyness of Debuta...

Martha Jacob<br>First Female Foreign Coach in the UK<br>The Odyssey of an Uprooted Athlete and Physical Education Teacher through Europe.

Martha JacobFirst Female Foreign Coach i...

Gretel Bergmann<br>~An International Olympic Contender~<br>The ‘Bitter Awakening from the Wonderful Dream’ of Attending the Olympic Games

Gretel Bergmann~An International Olympic...

THE HOLY WELL

#NSM2020 – Early Days & Memorable Names

#NSM2020 – Early Days & Memorable N...

Daniel Prenn ~ Emigrations in the Life of an International Tennis Star:<br>From Germany’s Celebrated Number One to Eviction Within a Year.

Daniel Prenn ~ Emigrations in the Life o...

Molly Seaton ~ Ireland’s Best<br>My Tribute to the Legendary Irish Woman Footballer<br>Talented, Pioneer, Iconic Figure

Molly Seaton ~ Ireland’s BestMy Tribute ...

“And then we were Boycotted”<br>New Discoveries about the Birth of Women’s Football in Italy [1933] <br> Part 7

“And then we were Boycotted”New Di...

Sports Migration during National Socialism:<br>Reasons and Research on the Emigration of Jewish Athletes from Germany after 1933

Sports Migration during National Sociali...

#NSM2020 – The Centenary of the Northern School of Music

#NSM2020 – The Centenary of the Northern...

Leisure in Alexandra Park ~ The Gymnasia ~

Leisure in Alexandra Park ~ The Gymnasia...

The Most International of Great Skiers: Hans Nogler

The Most International of Great Skiers: ...

Leisure in Alexandra Park:<br>The Ornamental Lake, Skating, and Fishing

Leisure in Alexandra Park:The Ornamental...

A Neglected Austrian Lifter and Resistant: Franz Huhsar

A Neglected Austrian Lifter and Resistan...

Caledonian Golfing Girls

Caledonian Golfing Girls

Early Cycling and Cycling Competitions 1868-1870:<br>The Equestrian Inspiration Source.

Early Cycling and Cycling Competitions 1...

Making Sports Visible: Italian Sports Logos from Milan Archivio di Stato

Making Sports Visible: Italian Sports Lo...

Leisure in Alexandra Park <br> ~ Tennis ~

Leisure in Alexandra Park ~ Tennis ~...

The Eternal Seconds of Italian Women’s Athletics:<br>The History of Gruppo Sportivo La Filotecnica [Milan, 1935-1943]

The Eternal Seconds of Italian Women’s A...

Leisure in Alexandra Park ~ Bowling and The Bowling Green

Leisure in Alexandra Park ~ Bowling and ...

Barbara Cartland’s Sporting Exploits Revisited

Barbara Cartland’s Sporting Exploits Rev...

Switching from Women’s Football to Cross-Country: <br>The History of Gruppo Sportivo Giovinezza [Milan, 1933-37]

Switching from Women’s Football to Cross...

The Cricketing Cop

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The Theatres That Transformed Llandudno

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What was the Reaction to the 1989 Hillsborough Disaster in the 10 Years that Followed?

What was the Reaction to the 1989 Hillsb...

‘A village falling into decay’ – How Dunoon Became a Popular Holiday Resort for the People of Glasgow.

‘A village falling into decay̵...

A Discussion of the Reactions to the Youth Music Sub-Cultures of Liverpool in the 1950s and 1960s.

A Discussion of the Reactions to the You...

Dancing in 19th and 20th Century Britain

Dancing in 19th and 20th Century Britain

When Ondina Knocked Over Two Hurdles: <br>The Italian Fiasco at the 1934 Women’s World Games in London

When Ondina Knocked Over Two Hurdles: Th...

‘A Railway fare and a drink’:<br>A story of Edwardian Amateur Football in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire

‘A Railway fare and a drink’:A story of ...

Playing Football with the Chorus Girls: <br>Vaudeville Women’s Football in Naples [1931]

Playing Football with the Chorus Girls: ...

The Clerk, the Engineer, and the Doctor: <br>Crewe, Sport, and the London and North Western Railway Company

The Clerk, the Engineer, and the Doctor:...

Camaraderie and Rivalry between the Axis Super-powers. <br>The World Skiing Championships of Cortina in 1941

Camaraderie and Rivalry between the Axis...

Military Regulations Suppressing Sports Movement: Cycling During the Great War in Occupied Belgium.

Military Regulations Suppressing Sports ...

Pedestrian Six-day Races in Scotland 1878-1888

Pedestrian Six-day Races in Scotland 187...

‘For Me it’s Like Magic…’ <br>Stories from The Bike Hive

‘For Me it’s Like Magic̷...

Women’s League Hockey and its Early Development

Women’s League Hockey and its Early Deve...

A Reality Check for the Barcelona 92 Olympic Games

A Reality Check for the Barcelona 92 Oly...

Cycling in Alexandra Park

Cycling in Alexandra Park

Otto Herschmann: A Biographical Reassessment

Otto Herschmann: A Biographical Reassess...

Jack Price and the 1908 Olympic Marathon

Jack Price and the 1908 Olympic Marathon

The Wheeling Wonders of London: <br> The Lady Cyclists of the Royal Aquarium’s First Professional Women’s Cycling Tournament

The Wheeling Wonders of London: The Lady...

Eighteenth-Century Tavern Tribulations

Eighteenth-Century Tavern Tribulations

Students at Play: <br>Sport in the Cheshire County Training College, <br>1908-1918

Students at Play: Sport in the Cheshire ...

Muscle Building and Society Bending: <br>The Slow Birth of Irish Bodybuilding

Muscle Building and Society Bending: The...

Milestones in Women’s Marathon History <br> – 1964 – <br>Dale Greig

Milestones in Women’s Marathon History –...

Proto-modernity and Sport in Britain

Proto-modernity and Sport in Britain

‘That Prince of speed raisers’: <br> James Q. McPherson and Former Pedestrians as Association Football Trainers in the 1900s

‘That Prince of speed raisers’: James Q....

The Captain and the Contortionist

The Captain and the Contortionist

The Pub and Pedestrianism in Victorian Bradford

The Pub and Pedestrianism in Victorian B...

Nineteenth Century Foot Racing: The Tyneside Connection

Nineteenth Century Foot Racing: The Tyne...

Preparing for Success in the Sheffield Handicaps 1845-1899

Preparing for Success in the Sheffield H...

Toni, Lotte, Anna and Maria. <br> Four Forgotten Heroines of Winter Sport.

Toni, Lotte, Anna and Maria. Four Forgot...

James Searles and the Revival of the Barclay Match

James Searles and the Revival of the Bar...

The Manchester Milers 1850-1870

The Manchester Milers 1850-1870

The Story of the Lido in Alexandra Park

The Story of the Lido in Alexandra Park

Jerry Jim’s Training Stable in Early Victorian Preston

Jerry Jim’s Training Stable in Early Vic...

Benjamin Bradley Hart, the All-England Sprint Champion of the 1820s and 30s

Benjamin Bradley Hart, the All-England S...

Playing Against the Enemy – February, 17, 1530

Playing Against the Enemy – February, 17...

Diego Maradona – The film – Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Claudio Gentile

Diego Maradona – The film – ...

Darts – Sport or Pastime?

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A Brief History of British Public Parks before 1870

A Brief History of British Public Parks ...

“And then we were boycotted” <br> New discoveries about the birth of women’s football in Italy [1933] <br> Part 6

“And then we were boycotted” New discove...

Stoke City and the Millennium Stadium ‘South Stand Jinx’

Stoke City and the Millennium Stadium ‘S...

Early Women’s Football in Mid-Cheshire <br> Part 2 <br>~The Interwar Years~

Early Women’s Football in Mid-Ches...

The ‘Finest Spectacle in P.O.W. History’: <br>The 1952 ‘Inter-Camp Olympics’ and British Prisoners of War in the Korean War (1950-1953)

The ‘Finest Spectacle in P.O.W. History’...

Early Women’s Football in Mid-Cheshire <br>Part 1 – A Hubbub of ‘Feminine Shrieks’: Munitionette Teams

Early Women’s Football in Mid-Cheshire P...

Woman in a Wolseley: the motoring life of Miss Larkins

Woman in a Wolseley: the motoring life o...

Alexandra Park: 150 Years of the Park

Alexandra Park: 150 Years of the Park

Middlesbrough v Tottenham Hotspur: The First FA Cup Meeting (1905)

Middlesbrough v Tottenham Hotspur: The F...

Frogs versus Human Machines: The English swimming tour in Italy (1901)

Frogs versus Human Machines: The English...

“And then we were boycotted” <br> New discoveries about the birth of women’s football in Italy [1933] <br> Part 5

“And then we were boycotted” New discove...

Revisiting Interwar Ayresome Park a century on and the legend of George Camsell: two promotions, a relegation and Boro’s greatest goalscorer

Revisiting Interwar Ayresome Park a cent...

Fodens Ladies Abroad

Fodens Ladies Abroad

Fodens Ladies Football Club

Fodens Ladies Football Club

The Socialist Red Jersey Marches On!

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From Ayresome Park to the Riverside with Gary Pallister

From Ayresome Park to the Riverside with...

Desportification and Deinstitutionalization of Sports and Leisure Activities in Occupied Belgium During The Great War

Desportification and Deinstitutionalizat...

The Arcane World of Working-class Canary Breeding in Victorian Britain

The Arcane World of Working-class Canary...

Liberty Fields: Pioneers of Asian Women’s Rugby

Liberty Fields: Pioneers of Asian Women&...

Carlo Parola: The Man on the Panini Stickers

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Frank Crozier (1882 – ?) A Jamaican Wrestling Champion in Spain

Frank Crozier (1882 – ?) A Jamaica...

Writing Manchester’s Victorian Pantomimes <br> Part 2

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Writing Manchester’s Victorian Pantomimes <br> Part 1

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“And then we were boycotted” <br> New discoveries about the birth of women’s football in Italy [1933] <br> Part 4

“And then we were boycotted”...

“And Then We Were Boycotted” <br> New Discoveries About the Birth of Women’s Football in Italy [1933] <br> Part 3

“And Then We Were Boycotted” New D...

Leisure, Politics, and the Conservative Party in North West England in the Interwar Years

Leisure, Politics, and the Conservative ...

The Gendered Tournament – Wimbledon 1980

The Gendered Tournament – Wimbledo...

The Case of Italy v England [1976], Which Was Not Broadcast Live on Italian TV to Fight Workplace Absenteeism

The Case of Italy v England [1976], Whic...

Women and Sticks in the Field Hockey Club of Rome During the Final Years of The Belle Epoque <br> Part 2

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Women and Sticks in the Field Hockey Clu...

Devoted Exclusively to Association Football: <br>New Light on Freemasonry and Football.

Devoted Exclusively to Association Footb...

American Exceptionalism at the Heart of Gaelic Ireland: Dublin’s 1924 Rodeo

American Exceptionalism at the Heart of ...

‘Pen and paper quizzes, games and dances’: <br>Holiday making with the Co-operative Holidays Association and Holiday Fellowship

‘Pen and paper quizzes, games and dances...

The Turbulent Stories of Heroic Mitropa Cups <br>Part 4 ~ Tennis ~

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The Turbulent Stories of Heroic Mitropa Cups <br>(1927-1942) <br> Part 3 ~ Boxing

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Pantomime and the Bankruptcy of Captain Bainbridge.

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Healing Landscapes: <br>Psychology and the Outdoor Movement in the 1920s

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The Race for Doggett’s Coat and Badge

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Asserting the Rural and ‘The Truth about Wilson’

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John Henry “Rob” Derbyshire <br> Osborne Swimming Club and the 1900 Olympic Water Polo Competition

John Henry “Rob” Derbyshire ...

In Leaps and Bounds <br> Bertha Crowther: GB’s First Pentathlon Champion

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Massaging the Amateur Ethos: British Professional Trainers at Stockholm in 1912.

Massaging the Amateur Ethos: British Pro...

A Passion for Polo

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Soviet Physical Culture in Uzbekistan: <br>Implementation and Social Impact

Soviet Physical Culture in Uzbekistan: I...

‘A Chastening Experience’: <br>When Sir Stanley Matthews Managed Port Vale Football Club

‘A Chastening Experience’: When Sir Stan...

Narrative, Biography, Prosopography and the Sport Historian <br> Historical Method and its Implications

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Flipping through Grazia’s Photo Albums: <br>Flashbacks from the Career of a 1940s-1950s Italian Figure Ice Skating Champion <br> Part 4

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Patrick O’Connell, an Irishman Abroad

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Flipping through Grazia’s photo albums: <br>Flashbacks from the career of a 1940s-1950s Italian figure skating champion <br> Part 3

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Revisiting the Lost Football Grounds:<br>The Early Years of Ayresome Park

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Flipping through Grazia’s photo albums: <br>Flashbacks from the career of a 1940s-1950s Italian figure ice skating champion <br> Part 2

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The Golden Age of Mexican Cricket <br>Part 2

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Flipping Through Grazia’s Photo Albums: <br>Flashbacks from the Career of a 1940s-1950s Italian Figure Skating Champion <br> Part 1

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The Gifted Lottie Dod <br> Part 2

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‘The largest boxing match ever seen in Europe’: <br>Remembering Max Schmeling versus Walter Neusel in August 1934

‘The largest boxing match ever seen in E...

Monkey Glands and The Major: <br>Frank Buckley and Modern Football Management

Monkey Glands and The Major: Frank Buckl...

The Reverend K.R.G. Hunt, Muscular Christian and Famous Footballer

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The only match the Dutch East Indies played at the World Cup

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Black History Month (Part 3): <br>From Segregation to Integration in the NBA.

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Extreme Definition Diets? Vince Gironda and the Transformation of American Bodybuilding

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“And then we were boycotted” <br> New discoveries about the birth of women’s football in Italy [1933] <br> Part 2

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On This Week in Sport & Leisure History ~ 1st-7th July 2019 ~ Tennis

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Getting Yorkshire cricket back on its feet

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