Vintage Sports Cartoons

A collection of humorous vintage cartoons showcasing various sports themes, featuring characters engaging in activities like baseball and golf.

Chamonix Mont Blanc, Broders, Roger (1883-1953)

Cartoon - World Series Notes. John Collins (1917-2007)

Never mind the game; a female ice hockey player attends to her lipstick. Date: 1922

Cartoon - Batter Up. John Collins (1917-2007)

Some suggestions for the novice golfer on ways to improve their game from a Club Guider for hitting the ball on the exact spot and a Stymie Bridge for overcoming obstacles and difficulties on the green and some fluffy pom poms to aid practise driving in the drawing room! Date: 1922

Cartoon - Backfield. John Collins (1917-2007)

Cartoon - Hard to Keep His Eye on the Ball. John Collins (1917-2007)

Cartoon - Ottawa Ball Team. John Collins (1917-2007)

Cartoon - The Two Champions Rostap (1866-1949)

Chamonix Mont Blanc, Broders, Roger (1883-1953)

Cartoon depicting men playing cricket. Dated 20th century

All Club Colours - Dazzle, cricket

Cartoon - The Ottawa Mets. John Collins (1917-2007)

A page of sketches describing the humours of a day's athletic sports amongst the Canadian soldiers at their Convalescent Hospital at Bearwood, Wokingham. Date: 1918

Cartoon - One Game Where Both East and West Lose. John Collins (1917-2007)

Cartoon - Spring Training. John Collins (1917-2007)

Quarterback taking the Ball - American Football, 1887

Cartoon - Little Leaguers. John Collins (1917-2007)

Cartoon - Ex-Champ. John Collins (1917-2007)

Cartoon - Pinch Runner. John Collins (1917-2007)

Cartoon - Getting Ready for the East-West Game. John Collins (1917-2007)

Vintage Travel Poster Chamonix Mt Blanc, Tout les Sports d'hiver by Roger Broders 1930. Chamonix, all the winter sports, featuring Ice hockey

illustration of a Netball player rebounding jumping for ball with sunburst in background. Netball player rebounding jumping for ball

drawing titled "Partie de Tennis: Etrange resultat d'une photographie instantanee" (Game of Tennis: Strange result of a snapshot) by the artist Meunier Le Rire: June 22, 1901

Batter standing at home plate with catcher and umpire awaiting the pitch; view is from the pitcher's mound, circa 1895

Album The Grand World upside down, 1919 - (verso) Beach Games SEM (1863-1934). "Album The big world upside down, 1919 - (verso) beach games". Engraving.

Cartoon - In the Washington Outfield. John Collins (1917-2007)

Illustration depicting golfers on the putting green. Dated 19th century

Cartoon - This Year's Test Match. John Collins (1917-2007)

Humorous colour illustration by Joyce Dennys showing a woman cushioned against falls whilst ice-skating with an enthusiastic beginner. Date: 8th February 1928

Cartoon - A Winter Sport Note from Europe. John Collins (1917-2007)

Cartoon - Canada's Team Loses Another One. John Collins (1917-2007)

Cartoon - Olympic Year. John Collins (1917-2007)

Goalie Making Glove Save, Hockey

Yale hammer-thrower. by Edward Penfield, 1866-1925, artist c1908.

Skiers, 1950, By Alexander Deyneka, (1899-1969), Soviet Russian socialist realist painter, graphic artist, sculptor.

Cricket, Pastimes

'Two of the finest children's camps in the country', 1800 feet above sea level. Boys in action at Camp Rosemont, Honesdale, Pa. , Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Cartoon - A Try on Goal Rostap (1866-1949)

Stumps & Stilts, cricket

USA, Minnesota, Minneapolis, Metrodome, close up of yellow baseball player statue against red background

Lord's cricket ground, London, 1793 (1912). Artist: Unknown

Cartoon - Breaking Into a Tough League. John Collins (1917-2007)

Cartoon of Skiers Losing Control. ca. 1939, Cartoon of Skiers Losing Control

A short course of training for the rugger enthusiast . Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the Estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary Evans Date: 1922

An incident by the boreds in the final of the Veterans' cup at Hurlingham. Date: 1924

Cleaning up at the Miami races! , Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Illustration depicting a man skating on a frozen lake. Dated 19th century

Cartoon depicting people Tobogganing making the most of the snow. Dated 19th century

A series of caricatures by the cartoonist 'Mel' showing various well-known tennis stars playing at Wimbledon in 1931. These include Lili D'Alvarez who sported a pair of culottes on court, designed by Schiaparelli and several Japanese players, whose small stature seems to amuse Mel. Date: 1931

US Federal Art Project WPA Ill. 1939 Poster showing youths playing basketball, baseball, and volleyball

Cartoon - Summer Sports. John Collins (1917-2007)

Cartoon - 1962 Canadian Open. John Collins (1917-2007)

Cartoon - International Soccer Game. John Collins (1917-2007)

Cartoon - Doubles Team. John Collins (1917-2007)

Cartoon - New Player-But the Same Old Game. John Collins (1917-2007)

Cartoon - With the Bases Loaded Too. John Collins (1917-2007)

Winter Velodrome, Liberal Art Palace Ferdinand Mifliez, said Misti (1865-1923). Printing G. Bataille. Winter velodrome, Liberal Arts Palace. Poster. Color lithography, around 1895.

Time!' President Theodore Roosevelt and Alton B. Parker as boxers in a boxing ring, shaking hands before the start of the match; Uncle Sam, as the referee, stands in the background.

Cartoon - Looks Like We're In for a Losing Season. John Collins (1917-2007)

A suggestion by artist Alfred Leete at how much brighter and gayer Wimbledon would be if if all the players appeared in their native costume. Date: 1927

Cartoon - Ready to Play Ball. John Collins (1917-2007)

"Color poster by Ludwig Hohlwein from 1910 for 'The Golden Book of Sports' published by W. Spemann in Stuttgart, showing sports figures, composition, and typographic design."

Cartoon - Shadow Boxing. John Collins (1917-2007)

Football. Portrait of a University of Illinois player, color lithograph, Bristow Adams, artist, 1902

Cartoon - The Figure Skater. John Collins (1917-2007)

Cartoon - The Nehru Olympics. John Collins (1917-2007)

Cartoon - Our National Sport. John Collins (1917-2007)

Untitled (Baseball) Russ Wilson (20th C. American)

Colour poster advertising the Stockholm Olympic Games. Dated 1912

Cartoon - 1944 Olympics. John Collins (1917-2007)

Possible advert depicting a luxury automobile parked next to a putting green, where one of the players is attempting a golf swing rather than a put. Dated 20th century

Harvard lampoon, out today , Athletes, Periodicals, Yale University, Harvard University

Harvard lampoon, out today , Athletes, Periodicals, Yale University, Harvard University

1900s BASEBALL PLAYER AT BAT WEARING GRAY UNIFORM CATCHER STANDING BEHIND IN TAN UNIFORM COVER OF SUNDAY MAGAZINE JULY 28,1907 - kh13599 NAW001 HARS TEAMWORK COMPETITION ATHLETE LIFESTYLE COVER SUNDAY COPY SPACE HALF-LENGTH PHYSICAL FITNESS PERSONS THOUGHTFUL MALES ATHLETIC CONFIDENCE SUMMERTIME ADVENTURE STRATEGY CATCHER EXCITEMENT RECREATION SUNDAY MAGAZINE OCCUPATIONS PROFESSIONAL SPORTS FACE MASK SINCERE SOLEMN BALL GAME BALL SPORT FOCUSED GRAY HERALD INTENSE MID-ADULT MID-ADULT MAN SEASON TAN YOUNG ADULT MAN BASEBALL BAT CAREFUL CAUCASIAN ETHNICITY EARNEST INTENT OLD FASHIONED

Cartoon - Fitness Class. John Collins (1917-2007)

Cartoon - Summer Sports. John Collins (1917-2007)

A sensible provision now made on some of the nursery slopes, whereby the plump skier may, with the minimum of effort, regain his or her feet after a fall. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the Estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary Evans. Date: 1927

Intense Bicycle Race.

Cartoon - International Downhill Race. John Collins (1917-2007)

Princeton student, with letter P on sweater holding football, with Princeton University in background, circa 1900

Lacrosse, Canadas National Game. "The game was a beautiful exhibition of lacrosse. Whats the matter with gold & blue, what's the matter with New Glasgow lacrosse team". 1905

While we stop to think, we often miss our opportunity - A baseball catcher holds the ball and thinks about what to do, while another player slides into the plate

Mont. Revard, Skiing

Front cover design for The Tatler Winter Sports Number, featuring a number of cheery, jolly skiiers. 1956

Two Players Converge on Puck, Hockey

Activities at Manhattan Beach, N. Y. Golf instruction , Beaches, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Girl balancing swords while held on a board by two men, 14th century (top), man balancing a lance on his nose, a sword on his finger, a wheel on his shoulder, and another balancing swords on their hilts, 14th century (bottom). Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, Chatto and Windus, London, 1876.

Cartoon depicting Archie MacLaren trying to put together a balanced team. Archie MacLaren (1871-1944) an English cricketer who captained the England cricket team. Dated 20th century

Cartoon - The Ski Expert. John Collins (1917-2007)

Everything for the Game, cricket

The French horse 'Hippisme' ridden by the Jockey G. STERN 1902

Cartoon - Space Olympics. John Collins (1917-2007)

Die Barnum & Bailey groesste Schaustellung der Welt : Der Welt grösstes, grossartigstes, bestes Amusements-Institut. , Circuses & shows, Horses, Runners Sports, Running races, Barnum and Bailey. Richard Dale McMullan Collection

HUNGARY - CIRCA 1987: a stamp printed in the Hungary shows Biathlon, 1988 Winter Olympics, Calgary, Canada, circa 1987

Advertisement for soporific, milky bedtime drink Ovaltine from 1928, claiming it to be the ideal drink for athletes due to its ability to build up sinew and muscle, nervous vitality and the 'will to win'! The advert appeared in the Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic News shortly before the 1928 Amsterdam Olympic Games. Date: 1928

Cartoon of Johan Cornelius "Snövit" Richthoff (1898 - 1983) & Ivar Valentin Johansson (1903 - 1979) at the 1932 Olympic games. Both from Sweden and both gold medal winners. Johan took gold in the Heavyweight division and Ivar in the middleweight.

The First Ball Game 1931 Diego Rivera (1886-1957 Mexican) Underwood Photo Archives, San Francisco, CA

Football match between Italy and Hungary at the Arena in Milan, Italy, illustration by Luigi Bompard from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXXVIII, No 3, January 15, 1911.

Front cover of the Goodwood Number of the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News featuring a jockey in the weighing room prior to a race. Date: 1928

Cricket match between India vs Bangladesh with illustration of c

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