Myths and Milestones in the History of Sport [Hardcover]

The conventional history of sport, as conveyed by television and the sports press, has thrown up a great many apparent turning points, but knowledge of these apparently defining moments is often slight. This book offers readable, in-depth studies of a series of these watersheds in sport history and of the circumstances in which they came about.Notes on Contributors Introduction; S.Wagg The Invention of Sporting Tradition: National myths, Imperial Pasts and the Origins of Australian Rules football; T.Collins From Evil to Expedient: the Legalisation of Professionalism in English Football, 1884-85; D.Russell Peacefully, at Wembley Stadium on 20 April 1974: the Quiet Death of Amateur Football in England; D.Porter Rough Manly Sport and the American Way: Theodore Roosevelt and College Football, 1905; M.Oriard Baseball, Invented Tradition, and Nationalistic Spirit; G.Gems 'Her Dainty Strength': Suzanne Lenglen, Wimbledon and the Coming of Female Sport Celebrity; S.Wagg Before and After 1968: Reconsidering the Introduction of Drug Testing in the Olympic Games; I.Ritchie The 'Revolt of the Black Athlete': Tommie Smith and John Carlos's 1968 Black Power Salute Reconsidered; M.Smith The D'Oliveira Affair: Cricket, 'Race' and Politics; R.Steen The Physical Activism of Billie Jean King; J.Schultz John L. Sullivan: The Champion of All Champions; E.J.Gorn The 'Packer Affair' and the Early Marriage of Television and Sport; D.L.Andrews & A.D.Grainger All these Years of Hurt: Culture, Pedagogy and '1966' as a Site of National Myths; M.L.Silk & J.Francombe The 1960 Rome Summer Olympics: Birth of a New World?; B.KeysDAVID L. ANDREWS Professor in the Department of Kinesiology, the University of Maryland, USATONY COLLINS Professor of Sport History, Leeds Metropolitan University, UKJESSICA FRANCOMBE Doctoral student in the Department of Education, the University of Bath, UKGERALD R. GEMS Professor of Health and Physical Education, North Central College, Illinois, USAELLIOTT J. GORl#