Category: Athletics

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

by Lisa Jenkel | Aug 31, 2020 | Archival Research, Athletics, Gender and Sport, Olympics, Student Zone, Tennis | 0

“Thousands have emigrated from our ranks in recent years, some have already become champions in a...

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

by Marco Giani | Jul 23, 2020 | Archival Research, Athletics, Cycling, Fencing, Football, General, Leisure, Rowing, Società Italiana di Storia dello Sport [SISS], Sport & Leisure History, Sport & Politics, Swimming, Team Sports, The Great Outdoors, Winter Sports | 0

PLEASE NOTE ~ All images are taken from: Milano, Archivio di Stato di Milano, Prefettura di...

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

by Marco Giani | Jul 16, 2020 | Athletics, Gender and Sport, Olympics, Società Italiana di Storia dello Sport [SISS], Sport & Politics | 0

The author would like to express thanks to Lyana Calvesi for the images from Archivio personale...

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

by Marco Giani | Jul 2, 2020 | Archival Research, Athletics, Football, Gender and Sport, Olympics, Società Italiana di Storia dello Sport [SISS], Sport & Politics, Team Sports | 0

Some Playing Pasts readers may wonder what happened to the calciatrici of Gruppo Femminile...

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

by Marco Giani | Jun 22, 2020 | Athletics, Gender and Sport, Società Italiana di Storia dello Sport [SISS], Sport & Politics | 0

A 1934 video by British Pathè entitled WOMEN’S WORLD GAMES – Competitors of 19 Nations...

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

by Liam Dyer | Jun 4, 2020 | Archival Research, Athletics, Sport & Leisure History | 0

With the digitalisation of archival materials, especially materials relating to genealogy such...

Pedestrian Six-day Races in Scotland 1878-1888

by Derek Martin | May 30, 2020 | Athletics, Gender and Sport, Leisure, Playing Pasts edited Volume 2020, Playing Pasts Publications | 0

Please cite this article as: Martin, D. Pedestrian Six-day Races in Scotland 1878-1888, In Day, D....

Jack Price and the 1908 Olympic Marathon

by Luke J Harris | May 26, 2020 | Athletics, Olympics, Playing Pasts edited Volume 2020, Playing Pasts Publications | 0

Please cite this article as: Harris, L. Jack Price and the 1908 Olympic Marathon, In Day, D. (ed),...

Milestones in Women’s Marathon History
– 1964 –
Dale Greig

by Katie Holmes | May 23, 2020 | Athletics, Gender and Sport | 0

For a woman to run a marathon in 1964 she had to be a rule breaker. Women worldwide were not...

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

by Alex Jackson | May 21, 2020 | Athletics, Pedestrianism edited Volume 2014, Playing Pasts Publications | 0

Please cite this article as: Jackson, A. ‘That Prince of speed raisers’: James Q. McPherson and...

The Pub and Pedestrianism in Victorian Bradford

by David Pendleton | May 20, 2020 | Athletics, Pedestrianism edited Volume 2014, Playing Pasts Publications | 0

Please cite this article as: Pendleton, D.I. The Pub and Pedestrianism in Victorian Bradford, In...

Nineteenth Century Foot Racing: The Tyneside Connection

by Archie Jenkins | May 19, 2020 | Athletics, Pedestrianism edited Volume 2014, Playing Pasts Publications | 0

Please cite this article as: Jenkins, A. Nineteenth Century Foot Racing: The Tyneside Connection,...

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Category: Athletics

Sports Migration during National Socialism:Reasons...

Making Sports Visible: Italian Sports Logos from M...

The Eternal Seconds of Italian Women’s Athletics:T...

Switching from Women’s Football to Cross-Country: ...

When Ondina Knocked Over Two Hurdles: The Italian ...

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