Vintage Sports Action Shots

Black and white images of athletic feats including diving, high jumps, and Australian rules football, showcasing dynamic poses and a nostalgic sports vibe.

1930S Man Swan Diving From High Diving Board Outdoor

Vintage Photograph. Portrait of young boy with baseball glove ready to catch ball.

Anefo photo collection. Training Nelly Maas for the show "Holiday on Ice". March 15, 1961

Giovanni carminucci, 1962

Janet Rowland attractive tennis showed that layers ***** petticoats didn't ***** girls less active on the *****. March 21, 1948.

Low angle view of a young woman standing on a wooden post

Pairs figure skating, Winter Olympic Games, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, 1936. Artist: Unknown

Acrobat balancing on womens shoulders (EV003776_H)

Golf caddy

Sports Day at Ka 3, Fårösund, 1938 Bulleting at the day of sport on Gotland's coastal service regiment, KA 3, Vid.Fårösund, 1938.

Vintage photograph. Low angle view of young woman cycling

Vintage photograph. Cheerleader jumping in air on top of hill

Anefo photo collection. Sparta at KNVB center in Zeist. Sparta players Hans Eykenbroek and Theo Lazeroms follow the trains under an umbrella. November 15, 1966. Utrecht (province), Zeist

***** boxer Len Dittmar ***** during his trackwork ***** Moore Park Rd. April 27, 1952. (Photo by Kenneth Charles Redshaw/Fairfax Media).

Woman jumping rope (EV003918_H)

Acrobat looks from behind through her legs, ca. 1930, 1930s, exact place unknown, Germany, Europe

Dancer in mid leap (OV2019_515)

Vintage Photograph. Scuba diver in a neoprene suit.

Anefo photo collection. The Modern Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Rotterdam. The Bulgarian Maria Gigova in action. November 18, 1973. Rotterdam, South Holland

Ampol Golf - 2nd Day - N. Berwick making an iron shot off the 3rd. November 11, 1955. (Photo by Leyden).

1950S Boy Jumping On Pogo Stick

Vintage Photograph. A little league player after throwing a baseball with his gloved hand on his knee. Frame 1.

SLIPPERY SLOPES (EV001264_H)

Vintage photograph. Cheerleader mid jump on top of hill

Sonja Henie, (1910-1969), Norwegian Olympic Skater and Film Actress

Vintage Photograph. Men in fencing uniform dueling. Frame 10

Halina Konopacka (1900 - 1989), famous athlete and the first Polish Olympic Champion (1928, Amsterdam). She took part in the Olympic Games in Amsterdam, where she won a gold medal in discus throw, breaking her own world record. This was the first women's gold-winning track and field event in the Olympics. She was also known in Poland for her poetry according to the caption. What a gal. Date: 1928

Vintage photograph. Man swinging club on golf course near large tree

Jump, Steffi Stahl school, Unknown

Muscular Young Nude Bodybuilder Flexing Outdoors c.1956

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Vintage Photograph. Woman in fencing gear holding out saber in fighting stance. Frame 2

Vintage photograph. Young woman hitting back tennis ball to opponent

Man practicing Mallakhamb Copyright: xTxSatyan/DinodiaxPhotox

Anefo photo collection. Cycling Championship Olympic Stadium. Honoring winners .. July 4, 1955. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Tokyo, Japan, December 21, 2014: Japanese sumo wrestler training in their stall in Ryogoku district, Asia

Woman on roller skates, historic photograph, around 1926

Anefo photo collection. The 10-year-old Czech gymnast Martina Poscova during a training. Sport, gymnastics, sports training, Poscova, Martina. April 21, 1977

Anefo photo collection. Bram Charite (weightlifting). April 10, 1952

Young Nude Male Football Player Blocks Tackle c.1954

Big Jack Hayes practices starts at Stawell under the watchful eye of his trainer Jacking. If Hayes wins the Gift his "stable: will win £3000. April 1, 1954.

New Haven, Connecticut: February 14, 1943 Yale swimming star Alan Ford is congratulated by American backstroke champion Gloria Callen after Ford broke his own world record last night in the 100 meter freestyle at the swim meet held in the Payne Whitney Gymnasium at Yale.

Woman bowling, Clinton, Indiana, USA, Arthur Rothstein, U.S. Farm Security Administration, February 1940

1930s SMILING BOY IN T-SHIRT AND GYM SHORTS STANDING LOOKING AT CAMERA WEARING BOXING GLOVES READY FOR A FIGHT

Women's Golf Championships - Miss V. Anstey. September 22, 1955. (Photo by Stuart William MacGladrie/Fairfax Media).

Vintage Photograph. Man kneels on one leg with boxing gloves on used to give balance.

Lotte Serkin in fight call, Residenzatelier, photographer

Two Young Nude Men Wrestle c.1950

Female archer (EV003677_H)

Handsome Muscular Young Man Flexes Near Weights c.1956

Vintage Photograph. Teenager learning to roller skate with pillows in pants for protection.

Model Release. Marti Scholl. Vintage Photograph. A woman jumping to hit a tennis ball.

Turners on the beam. .

Sport - Boxing - Children. July 7, 1947.

Anefo photo collection. Cycling Championship Olympic Stadium. Honoring winners .. July 4, 1955. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Skiopticon image from the Department of Photography at the Royal Institute of Technology. Use by Professor Helmer Bäckström as lecture material. Bäckström was Sweden's first professor in photography at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm 1948-1958.seriäretning of Golfswing.

Anefo photo collection. Ladies and men's athletics championships in Vlaardingen. T. van der Zwaard, E. Ort and W. Chapel. July 30, 1961. Vlaardingen, South Holland

Dead heat (OV2019_175)

Anefo photo collection. Tug of war for women in Hardegarijp. Woman during the tug of war. October 13, 1951. Friesland, Hardegarijp

Woman on a bicycle playing polo (EV006959_H)

Gymnasts on the uneven bars, 1962

Anefo photo collection. Gymnastics world championships 1966 in Dortmund. Japanese Akinori Nakayama in action to the rings. September 22, 1966. Dortmund, West Germany

Elderly man at bat enjoying a game of baseball with young boy in the field.

Fun on the links (EV003093_H)

Vintage Photograph. Wrestler placing man in full nelson

Shah Goes Bowling -- The Shah of Iran, an Austria of a private visit for next week's winter Olympics, pictured during a bowling match with Austrian champion ***** Hudek at the Stadthalle in Vienna. January 25. January 25, 1954. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Double Exposure of Two Bodybuilders c.1956

The legs that trilled thousands on the track how perform less married steps for a smaller, but no less appreciative, audience as Mrs. Geoffrey Dyson (Maureen Gardener), former Olympic hurdler, demonstrates for young pupils at her ballet school in Wanstead Essex.Maureen Dyson was an accomplished ballet dancer before she became a star athlete. In her early ***** she won the highest ballet awards available to her, and she started the Oxford School of Dancing. When she was only 16. April 17, 1953. (Photo by Reuter Photo).

"Look. I'm Upside Down" this little chap is mighty proud of his feat, while his playmates also display boys traditional passion for climbing. February 13, 1950.

Vintage Photograph. Woman in fencing gear holding out saber in fighting stance. Frame 9

Portrait of female golfer (EV003638_H)

Vintage Photograph. Adventure awaits: solo backpacker embracing the great outdoors with a canoe journey.

The photograph is captioned: "What did you expect, Forest Hills". A laughing young boy tramples a tennis net.

Diving in (OV2019_67)

1960S Woman Playing Golf Teeing Off Golf Ball From Tee With Driver Summer Outdoor

Muscular Bathroom Athlete Boxer in Jock c.1959

Baby wearing boxing gloves and sitting on stool in boxing ring

1960S 1950S Smiling Man Showing Good Form In Bowling Alley

Vintage photograph. woman in tennis clothes coming through gate onto court

Anefo photo collection. Ice and cold in Amsterdam Vondelpark. Number 6a birds, numm 7a four boys skating in row. December 12, 1969. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Vondelpark

Neville Duke. September 16, 1953.

Any day on any green you will see the player who never looks where his bowl is going. His eyes look downwards, as pictured above, completely "blind" to the course his bowl is expected to take. Actually it is the high position of his knee which makes it impossible for him to sufficiently raise his eyes without lifting his shoulders. If he does lift his shoulders to remedy the "eye fault," the bowl will be delivered too high off the green and cause erratic bowling. The player should lose no time in determining the knee position suiting his physical make-up which allows his eyes to fall naturally on the proposed course of the bowl. January 01, 1953.

Vintage Photograph. A little league player after throwing a baseball with his gloved hand on his knee. Frame 2.

Portrait of male tennis player drying neck with towel

Muscular Bodybuilder Flexes with Sword c.1956

Drum majorette performing with a twirling baton

Participant in the practical test of a selection procedure takes an obstacle.

Anefo photo collection. Five camp in Papendal, Arnhem. July 10, 1971. Arnhem

Working out with rowing machine

London, England: c. 1933 A young woman exercising with a spring apparatus.

Bodybuilder Reclines on Rock c.1949

Photo collection Government information service. Genemuiden community center gym classes in sports hall. Rope climbing. 1971. Genemuiden

1930S Man Playing Golf Teeing-Off Golf Ball From Tee With Driver Outdoor

1920S Group 4 Women One Man In Exercise Gym Looking At Clock

Gymnasts in the 1940s. Lalla Cassels dance troup. Two of the girls are training and poses in a dance on a summer's day. Sweden Photo Kristoffersson Ref N145. Sweden 1945

Young woman in baseball uniform throwing a ball (EV004913_H)

Bill Gilmour, who will partner Jennifer Staley in the mixed doubles championship at Kooyong today shows determination as he serves. December 7, 1954.

Anefo photo collection. European turn championships, number 12 Karin Janz (East Germany). May 28, 1967

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