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Author: Dave Day

Entrepreneurial Pugilists of the Eighteenth Century

Posted by Dave Day | May 13, 2019 | Boxing, Podcasts | 0

Playing Pasts is delighted to present this podcast by Prof Dave Day from the Sporting Lives...

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Female Employees and the Victorian Public Baths

Posted by Dave Day | May 10, 2018 | Gender and Sport, Swimming, Videos | 0

Presented by: Professor Dave Day Mainly because of its utilitarian value and its potential for...

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Historical Perspectives on Female Contributions to Sports Leadership

Posted by SpLeisH Research Team | Mar 22, 2018 | Athletics, Gender and Sport, Rowing, Team Sports, Videos | 0

This video is from a public lecture given at MMU Cheshire Campus for Internation Women’s Day...

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The ‘valuable and unremitting services’ of Swimming Coach Walter Brickett

Posted by Dave Day | Jan 11, 2018 | Swimming | 0

Walter Septimus Brickett was born in 1865 in Camden to Sarah Brickett and James Brickett, a...

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Mussabini Myths: Lacking Wisdom

Posted by Dave Day | Nov 30, 2017 | Athletics | 0

Mussabini Myths: Lacking Wisdom. In December 1998, the National Coaching Foundation honoured...

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