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Archive Pictures of the Week Sport Week 51

Dec 24, 2022

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  • 1955 FA Cup Final 1955 FA Cup Final Manchester City v Newcastle United Goalkeeper, Bert Trautmann, saves from Newcastle s inside-right, Jackie Milburn, who scored the opening goal from a corner. 7th May 1955 Great Britain Copyright: xTopFotox 0559291
  • Roger Bannister at the conclusion of his record breaking sub four minute mile world record. While gasping for breath, he is aided by Frank Stampel ( Checked Cap). The time was 3 min 59.4 secs.6th May 1954 Great Britain Copyright: xTopFotox 0012417
  • PAL World champion racing driver Juan Manuel Fangio kidnapped from hotel in Havana by armed cuban rebels February 24th 1958 Picture: Fangio and his wife at Silverstone 1954 Great Britain Copyright: xTopFotox 0024226
  • Arsenal v Aston Villa Arsenal v Aston Villa Wade of Arsenal (left) makes a clearing pass from his team-mate Forbes (centre) after he had robbed Walsh of Aston Villa (right) of the ball during the match at 1st Division match at Highbury. The game was later abandoned after 22 minutes due to the fog. 2nd January 1954 Great Britain Copyright: xTopFotox 0513765
  • Training Arsenal in training - Schoolboys on holiday spend their time running with their heroes, who reported for their first day s training. Arsenal players (l-r) Wilkins; Bowen; and Holton. 27th July 1954 Great Britain Copyright: xTopFotox 0552134
  • Victor Seixas Victor Seixas US Tennis player seen at Wimbledon after winning the mens singles final against Kurt Nielsen holds the trophy. 3rd July 1953. Great Britain Copyright: xTopFotox 0062802
  • Queen Elizabeth II Badminton Princess Margaret; Queen Elizabeth II; Peter Townsend (behind left, standing) April 1953 Great Britain Copyright: xTopFotox 0200896
  • Ladislao Kubala England v Rest of the World Inside right Ladislao Kubala (Spain) (left) is closely attended by England s left half J.Dickinson as he traps the ball during the match at Wembley Stadium. 21st October 1953. Great Britain Copyright: xTopFotox 0211122
  • Rangers v Celtic Glasgow Rangers v Celtic. Grierson of Rangers (eft) and Peacock of Celtic, jump to head the ball during the match at Ibrox Park, which ended in a 1-1 draw. A riot broke out at half-time and thousands of spectators invaded the pitch. Ambulance men treated casualties and the police made nine arrests. 21st September 1953 Great Britain Copyright: xTopFotox 0559299
  • Joey Maxim Lightweight champion Joey Maxim (left) is driven back by a hard right from challenger Sugar Ray Robinson in the 5th round of the scheduled 15 round title bout at the Yankee Stadium, New York. Maxim retained his crown on a technical knock-out when Robinson, overcome by exhaustion, failed to come out for the 14th round. 27th June 1952. United States Copyright: xTopFotox 0064390
  • Tottenham v Newcastle Tottenham Hotspur v Newcastle United Ted Ditchburn, the Spurs goalkeeper, dives to block a shot from Foulkes, the Newcastle inside-right, during the match at White Hart Lane. Newcastle won 2-0. 2nd February 1952 Great Britain Copyright: xTopFotox 0519082
  • British Games A heavy downpour made conditions tough for competitors on the final day of the British Games held at White City. Here is the field seen in the one mile event. 2nd June 1952 Great Britain Copyright: xTopFotox 0549698
  • Newcastle The Newcastle football team return home with the FA Cup and tour the streets. The cup is being held aloft by Jackie Milburn. 5th May 1952 Great Britain Copyright: xTopFotox 0573316
  • Stanley Mortenson Chelsea v Blackpool Stanley Mortenson, Blackpool s centre-forward, gets his boot on the ball against Chelsea. Harris of Chelsea and Medhurst, the Chelsea goalkeeper in dark shirts. 28th February 1951. Great Britain Copyright: xTopFotox 0530222
  • Celtic Celtic v Motherwell John McPhail, the Celtic captain, is chaired by team-mates, Alec Boden and Fallon as he smilingly displays the Scottish Cup presented to the team after their win in the final against Motherwell by a score of 1-0. On the right are Rollo and goalkeeper, Hunter. It was McPhail who scored the goal in the Hampden Park game. 22nd April 1951 Great Britain Copyright: xTopFotox 0586944
  • Jean Prat Jean Prat, of the French Rugby team, in preparation at Richmond in Surrey for the International Rugby match between France and England at Twickenham. 23 February 1951 Great Britain Copyright: xTopFotox 0624522
  • Britains Olympic Cycling C. Cartwright of the Manchester Wheelers who is one of the probables for Britains Olympic Cycling team 1950 s Great Britain Copyright: xTopFotox 0146186
  • 1950 World Cup 1950 World Cup England v Spain. Jackie Milburn heads the ball towards the Spanish goal during England s 1-0 defeat to Spain in Rio de Janeiro United States Copyright: xTopFotox 0573294
  • anyone for tennis? Putney Tennis Club celebrate 70th birthday Shocked at Mr Bruce Woodhouse using the expression Damn Mrs L Rowlandson faints and everyone horror sticken rushes to her assistance (left to right) Miss Judy Beaumont Mr Derek Hammett Mrs Godfrey Mr E Godfrey and Mr Bruce Woodhouse 23rd May 1949 Great Britain Copyright: xTopFotox 0235638
  • Prince Adedoyin, from the Queen s University Belfast created a new High Jump record of 6ft 2 during the Universities Athletic Union Championships at Motspur Park. 22nd May 1948 Great Britain Copyright: xTopFotox 0012063
  • Hurdles Original Caption Harrison Dillard, the ebony streak from Baldwin Wallace College, who skimmed the 120 yard high hurdles, winning the world record. Here is he training for the Olympics. 30th April 1948 Great Britain Copyright: xTopFotox 0091425
  • 1948 Winter Olympics 1948 Winter Olympics - Switzerland The United States women s ski team wearing for the first time grey Olympic suits. 31st January 1948 United States Copyright: xTopFotox 0537674
  • Crystal Palace Business classes for London footballers. Crystal Palace players take up textiles. Many well-known footballers are taking part in the courses of business training organised by the Football Association, with the ain of fitting pro-footballers with jobs for work, other than football! At present the plan only covers London and the south, but it will extend to other areas in time. Courses being held at the London School of Distributive Trades and includes textiles, confectionery, book-keeping and grocery etc. Photo shows: Two members of the Crystal Palace FC seen as they study their course of textiles at the London school. (l-r) Bumstead and Farrington. 2nd November 1948 Great Britain Copyright: xTopFotox 0552152
  • Italy v England Italy v England in Turin The England football team beat Italy by 4-0. The Italians cheered the brilliant England team, whose victory restored British prestige abroad. England defend their goal, while the Italian left-wing, Carapellese is on the ground. The centre forward, Guglielmo Gabetto heads for the goal. The English goalkeeper jumps but one of his defenders clears the ball. 18th May 1948 Italy Copyright: xTopFotox 0586989
  • Referees Referees training session at Bisham Abbey, Berkshire. The course lasts for five days, and is being attended by representatives of 28 county associations. Subjects will include history of the game, development of match control, interpretation of the laws of the game, and methods of training and examining referees. Photo shows: Mr J R Witty (foreground) member of the FA staff in charge, explaining tactics on a board to some of the referees taking the course. 6th June 1947 Great Britain Copyright: xTopFotox 0552399
  • British Table tennis, Tischtennis Championshi Two hundred entries for the British Table Tennis Championship which opened at Selfridges in Oxford Street in London.Photo shows Mrs R H B Mey (right) and Mrs B L Broomfield (left) playing during the table tennis contest. 5th February 1938 Great Britain Copyright: xTopFotox 0220886
  • Bunny Austin HW Bunny Austin and BM Bitsy Grant walking onto Centre Court at Wimbledon for a fifth round match. 28th June 1937 Great Britain Copyright: xTopFotox 0087588
  • Jesse Owens competing for Ohio 1936 United States Copyright: xTopFotox 0005314
  • Joe Louis Joe Louis, once the mighty Brown Bomber , shown slumbering on the canvas in the 12th and final round of his bout with Max Schmeling in New York 19th June 1936 United States Copyright: xTopFotox 0012420
  • 1936 Olympics Hans Hinrick Sievert from Germany Shot Putt 1936 Berlin Olympic Games, Olympische Spiele, Olympia, OS Germany Copyright: xTopFotox 0091309
  • F J Perry F J Perry - the world s No 1 tennis player - left Waterloo on the Berengaria boat train for America Photo shows Fred Perry shaking hands with the engine driver at Waterloo. 7th August 1935 Great Britain Copyright: xTopFotox 0637025
  • Mr Atkins The English Motorcyclist Mr Atkins is to make an attempt on the world s motorcycling record on Thursday October 18th at Bonheyden-lez-Malines in Belgium - photo shows Mr Atkins on his motorcycle with the designer of the machine ( centre ) October 13th 1934 Great Britain Copyright: xTopFotox 0156840
  • Mildred Didrikson Mildred Babe Didrikson, the famous Olympic champion gets in some boxing exercise during her stay in New York. 19th January 1933. United States Copyright: xTopFotox 0064025
  • Snow Bathing Snow Bathing 1933 Great Britain Copyright: xJohnxTophamx xTopFotox 0522013
  • Jack Dempsey Jack Dempsey flooring Gene Tunney during their fight in America in 1927 United States Copyright: xTopFotox 0582819
  • Miss Ederle Miss Ederle, covered in grease over her swimming costume, shakes hands with Miss Cannon before entering the sea, showing Burgess, her trainer between them - 1926 Great Britain Copyright: xTopFotox 0582816
  • Prussia Prince Friedrich Earl of Prussia training for Olympic Games, Olympische Spiele, Olympia, OS Ulrich 1914 Russian Federation Copyright: xTopFotox 0634474
  • Australian XI Australian Eleven - Emery bowling 1912. Great Britain Copyright: xTopFotox 0533244
  • Amatuer Golf Champion Mr Lesson, Amatuer Golf Champion at Sandwich. 1908 Great Britain Copyright: xTopFotox 0635417
  • Bunny Austin H.W. Austin (Bunny) in the Davis Cup Challenge Round playing and winning against F.X. Shields from the U.S. Great Britain Copyright: xTopFotox 0087587
  • Hitler Youth Parade Hitler Youth Parade in Olympic Stadium Germany Copyright: xTopFotox 0195812
  • Gertrude Moran They called her Gorgeous Gussy Moran, the girl who made such an impact on the Centre Court at Wimbledon with her New Look tennis fashions. Gussy is back in England after eighteen years. She will attend the first-ever Open Wimbledon, and give demonstrations all this week at Simpson s of Piccadilly. Today at Simpson s she looked proud to wear a new Centre Court style ... a long torso line dress with ballerina skirt, made to match the stringing of a tennis racket. Great Britain Copyright: xTopFotox 0200236
  • Ronnie Allen Ronnie Allen, West Bromwich Albion Great Britain Copyright: xTopFotox 0516642
  • Derby Day. The History of Horse Racing by Roger Longrigg, page 132. Great Britain Copyright: xTopFotox 0545213
  • Dixie Dean Dixie Dean Great Britain Copyright: xTopFotox 0573307
  • PALUPI Sugar Ray Robinson cuts loose in the thirteenth round of his fight with Jake La Motta in Chicago. Robinson won on this round on a TKO United States Copyright: xTopFotox 0582735
  • Dr W.G. Grace Golf, News of the World Tournament. Dr W.G. Grace acts as umpire Copyright: xTopFotox 0635416
  • Gertrude Ederle Gertrude Ederle Great Britain Copyright: xTopFotox 0650882
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