Was Jim Thorpe the greatest athlete in the world? King Gustav V of Sweden certainly thought so. He described Thorpe thus as he handed him two gold medals at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics. Jim Thorpe was a legendary Native American sportsman, who lived from 1888 – 1953. He was a Sac and Fox Native American, […]
Our most recent New Stock catalogue has a huge range of sports as usual. It also has quite a fine line in rare and classic fitness and wellbeing books too. Any of them should help you get ready for the summer! One of the most direct of the fitness and wellbeing books is ‘Be Fit […]
This quirky, 1930s Hungarian table tennis postcard is in our newest New Stock catalogue: https://www.sportspages.com/catalogue/new-stock-58 along with over 100 other items from nearly as many sports. Our catalogues come out regularly: don’t miss them by signing up for them on the bottom of our home page!
The story of the foundation of amateur rugby league's Southern Conference League in 1997 and its expansion to encompass a wider pool of over 60 clubs across England and Wales by 2004.
8vo. 184pp. Paperback.
Fabulous photographic and archival images with informative text telling the story of the Manchester area's three great rugby league clubs - Salford, Swinton and Broughton (Belle View) Rangers, plus big
The story of how the Northern Rugby Football Union split from the Rugby Football Union in 1895 and the years up to the formation of the Rugby League in 1922, with photographic and archival illustrations.
8vo.
The definitive history of Rugby League, published on the centenary of the birth of the game.
Large 8vo. 384pp. Profusely illustrated. Very good condition.
