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‘No fee’ was to be charged for their services: Amateur athletics advisors in 1935. Part 2. Henry Rottenburg, Athletics Innovator.

Posted by Dave Day | Sep 21, 2017 | Athletics | 0

In December 1935, the Manchester Guardian produced a list of men willing to give talks, lectures...

Posted by Dave Day | Sep 4, 2017 | Swimming & Diving | 0

William (‘Bill’) Howcroft was born in 1875 in Tamworth, Staffordshire. By 1901 he was a...

Posted by Dave Day | Jun 22, 2017 | Athletics | 2

Resistance to the use of professional coaches in British athletics during the first half of the...

Posted by Dave Day | Jan 25, 2017 | Athletics | 3

In January 1912, the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA), having decided to appoint ‘a supervising...

Posted by Dave Day | Nov 14, 2016 | Athletics | 0

In the late nineteenth century, the middle classes assumed control of sport and their amateur...