Category: Wrestling/Self-defence

Posted by Conor Heffernan | Jan 2, 2021 | British Society of Sports History [BSSH], Physical Culture, Playing Pasts Publications, Sport & Leisure History, Sport & Politics, Sporting Cultures: Global Perspectives: edited Volume 2019, Theatre and the Arts, Wrestling/Self-defence | 0

Frank Crozier (1882 – ?) A Jamaican Wrestlin...

Posted by Carlos García | Jan 20, 2020 | Wrestling/Self-defence | 1

Champion Wrestler Slain – The Life and Death...

Posted by Sean Buckelew | Dec 13, 2018 | Wrestling/Self-defence | 0

Shining a Light on Arthur!
A New Film Explores the Legacy of the World’s First Black Professional Footballer

by Bill Williams | Oct 31, 2023 | Football, Team Sports | 0

Arthur ‘Kwame’ Wharton is perhaps not a name that is as renowned as it should be in the history...

The Catalyst: Forty years since Mark Brown became Wales’ first black Rugby Union international

by Bill Williams | Oct 13, 2023 | Rugby, Team Sports | 0

When Wales play Argentina in their RWC 2023 Quarter Final on Saturday 14th October in Marseille...

DENIED!
Welshman, Cuthbert Taylor and the abolition of Boxing’s ‘Colour Bar!’

by Bill Williams | Sep 28, 2023 | Boxing, Olympics, Physical Culture | 1

This year ( 2023), will mark 75 years since the ‘Colour Bar’ in British boxing was...

Once Upon a Time in the West Of Wales:
How a Game Invented in an English Public School became a National Obsession

by Bill Williams | Sep 7, 2023 | Rugby, Team Sports | 0

When Wales take to the field in Bordeaux on Sunday 10th September, in their opening match of the...

MOB RULES!
The Bourton River Match and other forms of ‘Mob Football’ still played in the UK today

by Bill Williams | Aug 28, 2023 | Football, General, Team Sports | 0

On August Bank Holiday Monday each year at around 4pm, the usually calm River Windrush , which...

Sisters with Drive:
Early Women Golf Coaches and Professionals

by Jodie Neville | Aug 25, 2023 | British Society of Sports History [BSSH], Golf, Women in Sport | 2

Towards the end of the long nineteenth century there was an expansion in leisure pursuits for...

THE PRINCE OF PIONEERS: 90 YEARS SINCE THE DEATH OF K.S. RANJITSINHJI

by Bill Williams | Aug 21, 2023 | Cricket, Team Sports | 0

The period 1890-1914 has long been referred to as ‘Cricket’s Golden Age’ with the formidable...

The History of the ‘Scudetto’

by Marco Impiglia | Jul 30, 2023 | Uncategorised | 0

Introduction The scudetto is the symbol that most represents the Italian-speaking communities in the world. Generally, we tend to believe it is an ancient symbol, and instead it has a recent birth that does not go beyond the...

When Americans played cricket:
150 years since the birth of Bart King,’The King of Swing’

by Bill Williams | Jul 27, 2023 | British Society of Sports History [BSSH], Cricket, Team Sports | 0

Nowadays, everyone knows that Americans don’t play cricket. It may then be surprising to know that...

“The Dagenham Invincibles”
Part 2
The Chelmsford Scene

by Steve Bolton | Jul 22, 2023 | British Society of Sports History [BSSH], Focus on Fodens: History of Women's Football, Football, Team Sports, Women in Sport | 2

36 Games Undefeated In Part 1 of this series [to read click HERE] I gave an overview of the...

Briton seals First Boys’ Wimbledon win since Stanley Matthews!

by Bill Williams | Jul 20, 2023 | Tennis | 1

British teenager, Harry Searle from Wolverhampton has ended a 61 year wait for a Junior Boys’...

Douglas Jardine:
Sixy-Five Years since the Death of England’s Bodyline Captain

by Bill Williams | Jun 26, 2023 | Cricket, Team Sports | 0

It is now 90 years since England Cricket Captain, Douglas Jardine, known by many as , ‘The Iron...