Athlete Collection (page 2)

Fred A Sargent, athlete, cricketer, Watford Rovers FC
Fred A Sargent, Athlete, Cricketer, and Watford Rovers FC footballer. 1890s

A Roscoe Badger, athlete and rugby player
A Roscoe Badger, long jump athlete and rugby player. 1890s

Thomas William Green - English Racewalker
Date: 1935

LAWRENCE MYERS, ATHLETE
Lawrence Lon E. Myers was one of the greatest runners of the 19th century, winning 15 American National titles and holding three world records between 1880-1888. Date: 1858 - 1899

Liverpool - Jops Cymro Group - aA Sports event
Liverpool - Jops Cymro Group - aA (Amateur Athletics Association) Sports event in 1911 in Liverpool. Officials and competitors. Date: 1911

The marriage of Olga Fikotova and Harold Connolly
The marriage of the American Olympic hammer-thrower, Harold Connolly, and the Czech gold medal discus-thrower, Olga Fikotova. They wed at the Catholic Cathedral in Prague

Lord Burghley engaged to Lady Mary Montagu-Douglas-Scott
David George Brownlow Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter (1905 - 1981), Lord Burghley, athlete, sports official and Conservative party politician pictured at the time of his engagement to Lady Mary

Jesse Owens, American athlete
James Cleveland Jesse Owens American athlete, four times champion, seen here taking part in the Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany, pictured in starting pose. August 1936

George Lacy Hillier, English swimmer and cyclist
George Lacy Hillier (1856-1941), English swimmer, racing cyclist (including the pennyfarthing) and all-round athlete. late 19th century

Statue of Discobolus in front the Panathenaic Stadium (Kallimarmaron). K. Dimitriad, 1927. Athens. Greece

Charlotte Dod - English sportswoman and tennis player
Charlotte " Lottie" Dod (1871-1960), sportswoman, tennis player and five times Wimbledon champion, was the youngest person ever to win a ladies singles title at Wimbledon

Lord Burghley winning the 400m hurdles at 1928 Olympics
The final of the 400 metres hurdles at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympic Games, showing Lord Burghley silhouetted against the concrete banking of the stadium racing his way to a gold medal victory

Harold Abrahams
Harold Maurice Abrahams, CBE, (18991978) - a British athlete of Jewish origin. He was champion in the 100 metres sprint at the 1924 Olympics in Paris (July 7th)

James Bausch in the decathlon, 1932 Olympic Games
James Aloysius Bernard Bausch (1906 1974), a.k.a. " Jarring Jim", American athlete who competed mainly in the Decathlon pictured throwing the discus

Ed Gordon in the long jump in 1932 Olympic Games
American athlete and long jumper, Ed Gordon (1908 -1971) in flight during a long jump at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympic Games, in which he won the gold medal. Date: 1932

Abrahams wins the 100m final, 1924 Paris Olympics
Harold Maurice Abrahams, CBE, (15 December 1899 14 January 1978), British athlete of Jewish origin pictured winning the 100 metre sprint final at the Paris Olympic Games of 1924

Roger Bannister
SIR ROGER GILBERT BANNISTER CBE, neurologist and athlete best known for being the first man to run a mile in under four minutes. Date: 1929 -

Jesse Owens, Berlin 1936 Olympics
James Cleveland Jesse Owens American athlete, four times champion at the Olympic Games in Berlin, August 1936. August 1936

Charles Lawes
SIR CHARLES BENNET LAWES sculptor and athlete

E E Merrill, American athlete. late 19th century

Female athletes in Ilford
Three female athletes dressed in sweaters and wearing spiked shoes photographed at a track in Ilford, London. 1927

Javelin thrower, 1913
The graceful pose of a javelin thrower published to accompany an article by F. A. M. Webster in The Bystander suggesting reasons for Britains failure in the 1912 Stockholm Olympic Games was down to a

Victorian scrap - man on paperchase. late 19th century

Victorian scrap - lacrosse player. late 19th century

Victorian scrap - boxer guarding. late 19th century

Victorian scrap - middleweight boxer. late 19th century

Sketch cover featuring Lord Burghley in action
Lord Burghley, captain of Britains Olympic team in 1932 jumping hurdles in a photograph on the front cover of The Sketch. David George Brownlow Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter (1905 - 1981)

Athletes and sportsmen on a sheet of Victorian scraps. Date: circa 1890s

Diadumenos by Polyclitus. 420 BC
Diadumenos by sculptor Polyclitus. Ancient Greek sculpture. 420 BC. Classical era. National Archaeological Museum. Athens. Greece

Diadumenos. Roman sculptures after a statue of Polyklet abou
Greek art. Diadumenos (a man who binds a ribbon around his head). Roman sculptures after a statue of Polyklet about 430 BC. Head loaned by H. Bunemann. Glytothek. Munich. Germany

Greek Art. Panathenaic amphore. Wessel painting. Wrestlers. The large container was once filled with olive oil and given as a prize at the Panathenian Games in Athens to the winner of the depicted

Sanctuary of Olympia. The ancient olympic Stadium. The exedr
Greek Art. Sanctuary of Olympia. The ancient Olympic Stadium. The exedra, stone platform on which the judges sat. South bank of the stadium Elis. Peloponesse. Greece

Greek Art. Leonidaion. Swimming pool. Olympia. Greece
Greek Art. The Leonidaion. Lodging place for athletes taking part in the Olympic Games at Olympia. It was constructed around 330 BCE and was funded and designed by Leonidas of Naxos. Swimming pool

Greek Art. Leonidaion. Baths. Olympia. Greece
Greek Art. The Leonidaion. Lodging place for athletes taking part in the Olympic Games at Olympia. It was constructed around 330 BCE and was funded and designed by Leonidas of Naxos. Baths. Olympia

Greek Art. Leonidaion. Olympia. Greece
Greek Art. The Leonidaion. Lodging place for athletes taking part in the Olympic Games at Olympia. It was constructed around 330 BCE and was funded and designed by Leonidas of Naxos. Olympia. Greece

Greek Art. Sanctuary of Olympia. Panorama of the ancient ol
Greek Art. Sanctuary of Olympia. Panorama of the ancient Olympic Stadium. The east of archaelogical site. Elis. Peloponesse. Greece. Europe

Sanctuary of Olympia. Panorama of the ancient olympic Stadi
Sanctuary of Olympia. Panorama of the ancient Olympic Stadium. The east of archaelogical site. Elis. Peloponesse. Greece. Europe

Greek Art. Sanctuary of Olympia. The Ancient olympic Stadium
Greek Art. Sanctuary of Olympia. The ancient Olympic Stadium. Detail of the starting line. The east of archaelogical site. Elis. Peloponesse. Greece. Europe

University Sports - Oxford and Cambridge
Page from the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News depicting various Sports at Oxford and Cambridge Universities, such as long jump, mile race, shot put, quarter mile and three miles race

University Sports - The three miles: Freemantle
Page from the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, depicting Freemantle running the three miles race Date: 1897

Varsity sports - Lutyens running the mile for Cambridge
Sketch of runners at the varsity sports event in 1893 depicting Lutyens running the mile for Cambridge University. Date: 1893

Charles B Lawes / Aht
SIR CHARLES BENNET LAWES later LAWES-WITTEWRONGE Sculptor and athlete Date: 1843 - 1911

Charles B Lawes / Vf 1883
SIR CHARLES BENNET LAWES later LAWES-WITTEWRONGE Sculptor and athlete Date: 1843 - 1911

Larry (buster) Crabbe (Clarence Linden Crabbe), (1908 - 1983), American athlete who became a film and TV actor

Running backwards racing forward runners at Harvard
Black athlete running the 75 yards faster than forward-running sprinters could run 100 yards at Harvard Stadium in 1927. Date: 1927

Victorian Scrap - Athlete Shot Putter. late 19th century

Victorian Scrap - Athlete Flat Race Runner. late 19th century

W. A. M. Edwards, athlete
W.A.M. Edwards, one of the best Oxford athletes of the 1930s. He won the University cross-country race two years in succession; and also the Three Miles for Oxford at Queens in 1928

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