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)

Popular Football, Football

Collier's, Sporting Number, Volume XXVIII, New York October 12, 1901, Number 2, Price Ten Cents. Penfield, Edward, 1866-1925. text. Posters. 1901. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. United States, Football

Canadian Rockies, Skiing

Ace Sports: Basketball, Basketball

Bowling Alleys at March Field. ca. 1943, California, USA, Bowling Alleys, March Field, California

Book of Winter Sports, Book Cover

Advertisement for greyhound racing at White City stadium. The caption reads: 'Racing grayhounds at full stretch . . . turf scattering to the swift beat of flying feet . . . speed up to 35-40 miles per hour on the final burst of speed to the finishing line. 1937

Cartoon - New Man at the Wicket. John Collins (1917-2007)

Ancient greek sport vector image

Man and woman exercising, using weights and pulley rope. Date: 1917

Cartoon - Another Sportsman in Need of Aid. John Collins (1917-2007)

Cartoon - But Our Relay Team Isn't Doing So Well. John Collins (1917-2007)

Cartoon - Another Woman Jockey. John Collins (1917-2007)

4th Motorcycle Circuit of Tortona, Motorcycles

Football. A Princeton football player poses with the ball, color lithograph, John Sheridan, artist, 1901

Cartoon - The Race is On. John Collins (1917-2007)

Picked a winner! on Miami's 'long shot' , Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Postage stamp from Hungary depicting cross-country skiiing, issued for the 1986 Calgary Olympic games.

Lazy golf ball that resorts to hiding down a hole to avoid playing. 1932

Artistic Skating, Roller Skating

Hand Coloured photograph of Duke Paoa Kahinu Mokoe Hulikohola Kahanamoku (1890 - 1968) at the 1932 Olympic games. Duke was a Native Hawaiian competition swimmer who swam for the USA.

Illustration depicting a game of early bowling being played outside. Dated 19th century

Cartoon - Winter Sports on Parliament Hill. John Collins (1917-2007)

Hockey Player Shredding Ice, Hockey

Engraving showing a group of Victorian gentlemen diving and swimming on a rocky British shore, 1898. Date: 1898

Illustration depicting a round brush being used for marking tennis courts. Dated 19th century

OUR GREAT FOOTBALL MATCH, 'PELICANS' versus 'PHANTOMS'

CAMBODIA - CIRCA 1986:stamp printed by Cambodia, shows 1986 World Cup Soccer Championships Mexico, circa 1986.

A healthy young footballer heads straight towards the goal. Date: circa 1930s

Goalie Sprawled Out on the Ice, Hockey

Door detail, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. 01/11/2002

Cartoon - Latest Sports Report from Winnipeg. John Collins (1917-2007)

Caricature of King Edward VII of Great Britain at the Horseracing 1903

Catalunya. Camprodón. Cartel publicitario de deportes de invierno. Año 1930. Author: Josep Morell Macías.

Four Wild Horsemen, Football

Scourge of the Golden Horde, Football

Complete Sports, Football

MONGOLIA - CIRCA 1986: A stamp printed by Mongolia, shows World Cup Soccer Championships, circa 1986

Colored artwork by Max Esterle depicting the Tyrolean Winter Sports Week from January 25 to February 2, 1914, showing winter sports activities and participants.

They'll do it every time... by Hatlo. We aren't quite sure whether the guy who issues the lockers at the gym has got a sense of humor or whether he's just plain low-down ornery , Locker rooms, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Hammer Throw, Track & Field

They'll do it every time... by Hatlo. We aren't quite sure whether the guy who issues the lockers at the gym has got a sense of humor or whether he's just plain low-down ornery , Locker rooms, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Portada de la revista semanal ilustrada El Sport. Barcelona, enero de 1911.

Francaise: Bordeaux-Paris Bicycle Race, Bicycles

Boy! Just look at the one that tried to get away! Wish you were here to see it! , Fish, Fishing & hunting gear, Fishing, Boats, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Postage stamp from Hungary depicting a hockey player, issued for the 1986 Calgary Olympic games.

Classical TImes. Wrestling. Combat sport. Engraving, 19th century.

Cleaning up at the Atlantic City race track to-day! , Sports & recreation facilities, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Princeton football player, facing left, with football; man and woman in automobile behind him, circa 1902

Cleaning up at the Atlantic City race track to-day! , Sports & recreation facilities, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

That concludes our morning exercises, be sure and tune in again tomorrow! , Physical fitness, Radios, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

La chaîne Simpson , Bicycles & tricycles, Cycling, Pedestrians, Cyclists. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901). Prints and Drawings

Work Projects Administration Poster Promoting Swimming as Healthy Exercise, "Swim for Health in Safe and Pure Pools", Cleveland Division of Health, Food and Drug Administration, 1940

Puck Magazine: ""Goal!; Just a Little Basketball Practice at the White House Gym."", US Presidents

Takes place, as usual, at Tooting Bec. Illustration showing a 'golf race'. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the Estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary Evans 1923

'The Making of a Lawn-Tennis Player', 1937. Artist: Unknown.

La Chaine Simpson Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec(1864-1901 French)

sports winter sports Nordic ski Aino on ski with reindeer as team illustration 18th century,

HUNGARY - CIRCA 1988: A stamp printed in Hungary, shows Skaters from 19th century, with inscription and name of series ´World Figure Skating Championships, Budapest, 1988´, circa 1988

Popular Sports Magazine: Going for the Hoop, Basketball

First competition of the Association of the Seine Gymnastics companies in Paris, November 11, 1883 Anonymous. First competition of the Association of the Seine Gymnastics companies in Paris, November 11, 1883.

Muay Thai (Thai boxing) T-shirt, Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Ste. Croix - Les Rasses, Winter Sports

A female athlete throws the javelin. Date: 1922

Feb. 25, 2012 - The very first medal for Canada won by the montrealer Etienne Desmarteau at the hammer throw, at the Olympic Games in St. Louis USA, in 1940. Keystone Montreal, Canada.

Devil Dog Dynamite, Boxing

Sports afield, Claude King's famous monthly , Hunting, Deer, Ducks, Periodicals

Postage stamp from Romania depicting boxers, issued for the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal, Canada

An intelligent method of overcoming a difficult problem. An ingenious method of taking at shot at a golf ball at the bottom of a pond. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the Estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary Evans 1923

Olympian games. Wrestling. Engraving. (Later colouration). Iconographic Enclyclopaedia of science, Literature and Art. 19th century. Author: HENRY WINKLES. Johan George Heck.

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

Cleaning up at Saratoga! , Sports & recreation facilities, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

CANADA - CIRCA 1972: stamp printed by Canada, shows Figure Skating, circa 1972

Panamerican games, Winnipeg, postage stamp, Canada, 1967

Historic stamp, German Reich, special stamp with surcharge for the 1936 Olympic Games, 3 plus 2 Pfennig, gymnastics, 1935, Germany, Historic, digitally prepared reproduction of an original from the period, Europe

VIETNAM - CIRCA 1985: a stamp printed by VIETNAM shows football players. World football cup in Mexico 1986, circa 1985

Rush in American Football game

Frosty Fads, Winter Sports

DF-SC-86-05747. Country: Unknown

pacific surfer vector graphic design

Stamp printed in Romania, shows Handball, and Olympic Rings, with inscription Montreal, 1976, circa 1976

Andoran postage stamp commemorating the world fencing championship 1982

Go Blue Racer, Go!, Auto Racing

England, Kent, Canterbury, Cricketers Pub Sign

First day cover, Munich Olympic Games, special stamp for Rudolf Harbig, 6th June 1968

Summer holiday, man with surfboard

Battling Geo, Boxing

Collier's: A List of Winter Outings, Winter Sports

CZECHOSLOVAKIA - CIRCA 1972: A stamp printed in the Czechoslovakia, dedicated to World and European Ice Hockey Championships, Prague, shows two hockey player and hockey referee, circa 1972

Postage stamp from Hungary depicting a swimmer, issued for the 1976 Montreal SUmmer Olympic Games.

GRENADA - CIRCA 1977: A stamp printed in Grenada issued for the easter water parade shows swimming events grand anse, circa 1977.

CUBA - CIRCA 1984: A stamp printed in CUBA shows water polo, series friendship tournament 1984, circa 1984

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