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Vintage Sports Photography

A collection of historic black-and-white images featuring athletes in action, including throwing, diving, and gymnastics. The mood is energetic, showcasing sport and athleticism.

Vintage photograph. Athlete winding up to throw shot put.
Vintage photograph. Athlete winding up to throw shot put.
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Shirtless Male Shooting Gun from Mountain c.1962Parramatta's tunnel ball team ready for action at the Combined Girls High Schools athletics at the SCG. July 03, 1948.Vintage Photograph. Boys leaping over a fence in a carefree moment of outdoor adventure.Gertrude Caroline Ederle (October 23, 1905 - November 30, 2003) was an American competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and world record-holder in five events. On August 6, 1926, she became the first woman to swim across the English ChannelAnefo photo collection. AthleticsInterland Netherlands - Belgium. Pole chop high jump in action. 29 June 1969. Breda, Noord-BrabantPoll photo collection. Reporting athletes. Spear marker. 1933A silver gelatin photograph by Albert Londe showing a man pulling a roller, captured around 1891, depicting work activity and human figure in a studio or outdoor setting.Anefo photo collection. Dutch championships cycling on track at the Olympic Stadium. Frans Mahn champion sprint pros. August 3, 1967Mildred 'Babe' Didrikson, (1911-1956), winding up for javelin toss at the 1932 Olympics at Los Angeles. She won the Gold Medal for the event.Frank Banner. September 27, 1950.Exercising in her backyard (OV2019_153)Anefo photo collection. EC skates women in Heerenveen. European champion Andrea Schone. January 23, 1983. Friesland, HeerenveenS61-04570 (1961) --- Astronaut M. Scott Carpenter's balance mechanism performance is tested by his walking on a narrow board in his bare feet. He is performing this test at the School of Aviation Medicine, Pensacola, Florida.Vintage Photograph. Boy selling newspapers waving it in air.Weightlifting, Olympic champion featherweight Anthony Terlazzo, USA, lifted a total of 312. 5 kg, North AmericaBritain's Young Olympic ***** in Training -- Pam Boor, 15 years old British junior champion, adjusting the new "Cantabrian" starting blocks for her team mate Jean Bond. 18 year old Olympic hope.Members of the Cambridge Harriers, including ***** young "probables" for the forthcoming Olympic ***** are now getting down to serious training at ***** Park, London. Olympic Hopes: Pamk Boor, 15-year-old British junior champion, adjusts the new "Cantabrian" starting blocks for her teammate Jean Bond, 18, during training in London for the Olympic Games. February 03, 1948. (Photo by Sport & General Press Agency Limited)"The Gang" laughed themselves silly the first time Diana Simmons strapped on her brother's old skates, stood up and fell down. She vowed to "show them." She skated and fell, skated and fell, until she was beginning to feel like a bruised rubber ball. But she preserved and last week Diana, 10, became the youngest-ever winner of the National Skating Association's Gold Medal. Here she is, in Brockwell Park, near her home in Croxted-road, Dulwich, London, showing "The Gang" a few of her tricks. August 07, 1951. (Photo by Daily Mirror).Emil Rausch, Geman swimmer, Olympic Games, St Louis, USA, 1904, (1936). Artist: UnknownQueen Of The Court ... Katharine Hepburn is the tennis ace who plays a love of a game in M-G-M's "Pat and Mike" in which she co-stars with Spencer Tracy. As the all-round athlete, she's managed by Tracy, a tough sports manager with whom she gets embroiled romantically and professionally. Also heading the all-star cast are Aldo Ray, William Ching and such sports stars as Babe Didrikson Zaharias, Gussie Moran, Frank Parker, Don Budge, Alice Marble, Helen Dettweiler, Beverly Hanson, and Betty Hicks. Directed by George Cukor. Produced by Lawrence Weingarten. Written by Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin. September 1, 1952.United States: June 25, 1943 A woman demonstrates a leg lift exercise to slim the limbs and tighten the abdomen.Model Release. Denton Twins. Vintage Photograph. A female ice skater in costume. Frame 2.Taking a swing at it (OV2019_13)Standing Muscular Nude Male Flexes Biceps c.1953Vintage Bodybuilder: Muscle Beach Posing c.1956Young woman playing tennisRoman Gladiator Strikes a Classic Pose c.1956Poll photo collection. Reporting athletes. Springer. 1933Poll photo collection. Netherlands Antilles and Suriname at the time of the royal visit of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard in 1955. Diver Hakkenburg on a boat in the Fuikbaai. October 1955. CuraçaoAnefo photo collection. Baseball thrower Nol Bomen, Wera Kinheim. July 23, 1978Historical image, woman doing archery, ca. 1940Vintage Bodybuilders Posing c.1956Strongman , Circus performers. Leon Abdalian CollectionAnefo photo collection. Eef Kamerbeek as a weightlifter. Eef in action. February 10, 1963Young athleteVintage photograph. Boy with baseball bat looks up at sky after hitAnefo photo collection. Gymnastics club Olympia exists 3 March 100 years of discingled the muscles in the Veterans department. 11 February 1963Double Exposure of Two Bodybuilders c.1956Tony Galento -- The beer-barrel-shaped back-alley fighter - bruiser would be a more correct term - of the 30s rose from an ice delivery route at the age of 14 to one of the most feared, if disrespected campaigners, in the heavyweight division. October 14, 1939. (Photo by The Associated Press).For opening of the Vienna Ice Skating Season-Megan Taylor their beschwinten and charm bernstein demonstrations of.In the burst of the Vienna Ice Skating Association champion in the presence of the Reich Governor. Dr. Seyss Inquart and Vice Burger Kozich was on Sunday (6.11.) Opens up with a skating exhibition of the Vienna Ice Skating Association and the World Champion Megan Taylor dies Jahrige Ice time. November 7, 1938. (Photo by Atlantic-Photo).Picture Shows: Jack Doyle, the boxer-turned-wrestler, with his manager, Thomas P. Wilde of Belfast (who looks small beside him) as they passed a woman with child during a training run in Kensington Gardens, London, today (Tuesday). January 10, 1950.Three women with basketball in the air (EV003662_H)Muscular Young Sailor on Boat c.1956What is it is it a man From Mars or a Dancer Going to a Fanck dress ball as a frog or neither One Clue we can give you is that there are a lot of These creatures littered all over continental Beaches this season Yes you've got it. it's a life guard, keeping watch to see that no one gets drowned but what we want to know does he keep that hat on when he's life- saving. August 30, 1953. (Photo by Paul Popper Ltd)Young woman water skiingPoll photo collection. Reporting athletes. Ball tap. 1933. Amsterdam, Noord-HollandYoung man flexing his musclesStart and finish of 300 lbs Clean and Jerk lift.Vern Barberis Competing in the Stockholm World Champion Lift in which he finished 4th. November 17, 1954.Vintage Photograph. Male bodybuilder striking pose in front of paper background, Frame 7Anefo photo collection. International badminton championships Haarlem in new "Duinwijck" hall. Dahl. 11 February 1962. HaarlemNude Oiled Muscular Male Restrained to Pole c.1961Mountaintop Wrestlers c.1949Muscular Young Man Holding Sledgehammer c.1962Anefo photo collection. Skating team start training at CIOS, Kees Verkerk at the horizontal bar, right pour and left trainer hollow tree. May 20, 1967Anefo photo collection. "Sport for everyone" In Apollo HOMM Alderman Verhey (left), alderman Elsenburg tries to update the basic principles of volleyball. October 12, 1968. Amsterdam, Noord-HollandVintage photograph. Young man wearing white t shirt aiming bow and arrow in front of cloud sky backgroundMuscular Bodybuilder in Arm Cuffs and Restraints c.1961Daily exerciseAnefo photo collection. Princess Irene Brigade training camp midlands. Soldier wearing tree trunk. August 1943. BritainStaying in shape (499)Shirtless Bodybuilder Poses on Outdoor Hilltop c.1956Vintage Photograph. Older man rubs rubbing alcohol on his leg while sitting in locker room.Low angle view of majorette twirling batonAnefo photo collection. European turn championships, v.l.n.r. Margo van Klees Jannie Vierstra and Reserve Femi Klunder. May 24, 1967Well-Built Muscular Male Pulls Rope c.1953Vintage Photograph. Vintage joyride: woman cycling and waving in classic style.Vintage strongmen (OV2019_112)Ice figure skating, Olympic champion Sonja Heine, Norway, laughing, German veteran Arthur Viereck surely made another good joke, gold medallist, EuropeAnefo photo collection. Queen Juliana in Sankt Anton on skis. 12 May 1950. Austria, Sankt Anton am Arlberg, TirolAnefo photo collection. Men's fashion Nouvealants, RAI, Amsterdam man in hotpants at a horizontal bar. March 1, 1971. Amsterdam, Noord-HollandVintage Bodybuilders c.19501930s PRETEEN BOY AIMING BOW AND ARROWUnited States: c. 1956 A portrait of professional wrestler William Cobb, better known as Happy Humphrey. He was the heaviest professional wrestler of all time, averaging 750 pounds during his career with one occasion of weighing in at over 900 pounds.A recruit from the physical conditioning platoon does back extensions. Base: Usmc Recruit Depot,Parris Island State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)Anefo photo collection. European turn championships, Vera Caslavska (Czechoslovakia) foreground. May 23, 1967Vintage Photograph. A woman adjusting sails on sailboat.Leach CrossPhotograph of Dorothy Poynton-Hill (1915 - 1995) from the USA at the 1932 Olympic games. Dorothy was an American diver who competed at the 1928, 1932 and 1936 Summer Olympics.Poll photo collection. Iceland. Reykjavik. Icelandic wrestling (Glima): two members of the Glimateam of the Menntaskolinn in assistance. 1934. Iceland, ReykjavikQueenslander Ken Caves relaxes after winning the second Olympic cycling test recently at Brisbane in record time for the 117 miles course. He has been chosen as leader of Australia's road cycling team for the 1952 Olympic Games. September 01, 1951.Sharkey Trying Out New Body-Building MachineJack Sharkey using a new body-building device as the trains for his bout with Max Schmeling. The two meet for the world's heavy weight title on June twelfth. May 23, 1930. (Photo by International Newsreel Photo).Vintage Photograph. A girl on a sail boat adjusting sail.Egyptian Gets Home First In Channel Race And Sets Up New Rebord - Hands clasped above his head and his face wreathed in a triumphant smile, Hassan Abd El Rehim, of Egypt, congratulates himself after wading ashore here to win the first-ever international swimming race.The-41-year-old swimmer, who with a time of 10 hours 52 -minutes, has broken the record set up by G. Michel, a Frenchman, in 1926, how has-a Channel-swimming hat trick to his credit. In September, 1949, he crossed from the English coast, and landed at Cap Griz Nez in 15 hrs. 58 wins. His 1948 swim was made from Cap Criz Nez to Dover in 17 hours 38 minutes. August 22, 1950.Young woman aiming bow and arrow outdoorsVintage Photograph. A little boy dressed in a football outfit.Eric Sturgess - Tennis. July 04, 1951.Anefo photo collection. The Netherlands against Russia Swimming in Zwolle, Ada Kok congratulates Name Unknown. September 10, 1965. Overijssel, ZwolleA man bowling. Photogravure after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.Duke of York (later King George V of Great Britain) taking part in a race at a school camp 1928Backyard Gladiators - Just as was suspected, Mark had something up his sleeve and proceeded to use it, a terrific punch. Here, Brother Mike, caught with his suspenders lowered, seems more than a little concerned by his younger brother's prowess with the mitts. slowly, Mark sinks to the turf awaiting the cessation of tears, confident that the end is now in sight. May 14, 1954. (Photo by United Press Photo).Charles Paddock after the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp BelgiumNude males wrestling in traditional studio pose c.1957Oiled Wrestlers c.1956Woman using rowing machine (EV003718_H)Woman using rowing machine (EV003920_H)A Korean Table Tennis Player : Wi SsangsukYoung woman in tennis courtVintage photograph. Woman climbing barbed wire fence with fishing pole and basket. Model releasedVintage Bodybuilder Studio Pose c.1959Vintage photograph. Woman lays down on putting green to line up her shot with the putter while man watchesAnefo photo collection. Turn championships Netherlands Mrs. L. Luns-Gerritsen champion. January 9, 1955. The Netherlands