Athletics Collection (page 2)

Banstead Cottage Homes - Sports Teams
Sports teams and staff and the Banstead Cottage Homes, run by the Kensington and Chelsea School District. At the centre is the Monro Cup

Group photo, Worcester Park Athletics Club, SW London (Surrey). Date: circa 1910

Group photo, Athletics Team in sports gear. Date: circa 1890

International Athletics, White City Stadium, West London
Runners taking part in an International Athletics event at White City Stadium, West London on 2 August 1937. Showing the finish of the 100 Yards, won by B Johnson (USA), with C B Holmes (GB) second

Athletics Intercalated Games, Athens, Greece - scene inside the stadium. 1906

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

Catford Gold Vase - cycling event 1897
Short-lived between 1895 to 1900, cycling and athletics track at Catford, London. During the first stage of the six hours, some grand riding was shown by J

Group photo, Athletics Club members with trophies
Group photo, Athletics Club members with six trophies, some in running gear, others in suits. circa 1910s

Swiss Gymnastic Group Exercise Date: 1903

Prince Albert - his tutor Mr Hansell - Lord Desborough
Prince Albert, Duke of York (1895-1952) (later King George VI) - his tutor Mr H. P. Hansell - William Grenfell, 1st Baron Desborough (1855-1945)

BOYS ATHLETICS
A group of boys are taught how to hurdle correctly Date: 1930s

WOMENS ATHLETICS
A womens athletic club Date: 1940s

RUNNING RACE, C16
A running race in 16th century Germany. Date: circa 1520

C17 RUNNERS
Boyes exercife themfelves in runing in the open field, making a line, which he that defireth to win, ought to touch, but not to run beyond it. Date: 1658

THREE-LEGGED RACE
A three-legged race - demanding perfect co- ordination between the paired runners, which two of our contestants evidently did not achieve ! Date: circa 1900

RUNNING AT BAYSWATER
Foot-race at Bayswater - presumably in Hyde Park. Date: 1851

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

DEERFOOT, US RUNNER 1861
Deerfoot, the native American runner. Date: 1861

TWO RUNNERS RACE C1878
Two rather stiff-looking athletes race each other. Date: circa 1878

GEOFF CAPES IN ACTION
Geoff Capes, in training, prepares to put a shot. Capes is a man of many things: a former Worlds Strongest Man, Highland Games champion and champion parakeet breeder. Date: 1970s

RUNNING AT WOOLWICH 1867
Running at Woolwich via a rather hazardous looking ditch. Date: 1867

HIGH JUMP 1850
Athletic games at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich : the Running High Jump Date: 1850

6 DAY RACE AT ISLINGTON
The six day walking race between Weston and OLeary at the Agricultural Hall, Islington Date: 1877

FINISH OF ISLINGTON WALK
The finish of the six-day walking race held at the Agricultural Hall, Islington Date: 1878

Lillie Bridge Sports Ground Riot, London
Rioters wreck Lillie Bridge Sports Ground when prize race is called off - the stadium ablaze Date: 1887

Hurdle race in Brompton
A hurdle race in Brompton, London. Date: 1871

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

1948 - Emil Zatopek
Emil Zatopek (1922 - 2000), Czech long distance runner pictured following his victory in the 10, 000m race at the London 1948 Olympic Games, only the second race he had ever run at that distance

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

Old Maid card game - Freddie Frog Hurdling. circa 1950s

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

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

Opening Ceremony of the 1924 Olympic Games, Paris
Opening Ceremony of the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris, showing the British team marching past headed by pipers. The ceremony was attended by the Prince of Wales

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 -

Release of pigeons, Olympic opening ceremony, 1948
7, 000 pigeons are released above Wembley Stadium as trumpeters of the Household Cavalry sound a fanfare. The pigeons are bearers of Olympic tidings, a custom also practised by the Ancient Greeks

Collapsed Scout at 1948 London Olympics
Scout collapsed through heat exhaustion whilst holding a Liechtenstein nationality sign at the 1948 London Olympics held at Wembley Stadium. 1948

Sports Day Sprint 1950S
Four very determined-looking boys take part in a sprint relay race at a school sports day

E E Merrill, American athlete. late 19th century

David Moorcroft, British runner, in Cornwall
David Moorcroft (b.1953), British middle-distance and long-distance runner, signing autographs at a fun run in Penzance, Cornwall. Date: circa 1970s

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

Naval display in a sports field. Date: circa 1950s

Old Maid card game - Harry Hare in a hurry. circa 1950s

Stylish young lady wearing a self-made hurdling outfit. Date: 1923

Young lady sitting on cushions dreaming of trophies
Young sporty lady sitting on cushions, dreaming of the trophies she wants to win when she takes part in athletics competition in the spring. Date: 1923

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

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