Sport Historian Gifts

'Two feet. A new pole vault world record!'

'Dewey! Grandpa's stuck again. Give him a couple of whacks upside the head.'

Pete Sampras

Funky Facts: Football.

Trojan Hurdler.

"I don't care if it's more bouncy - it threatens the integrity of the game."

Remarkable run-ups 1890-1940

It had been a while, but he had finally come home.

Stadium. No fans allowed. In baseball, "shutout" now has two meanings.

Golfers forming the raising the flag on Iwo Jima.

Sisyphus pushing a huge basketball up the hill

Before instant replay.

'The MCC celebrate a famous victory' group of dodgy looking old English men holding drinking glasses

Mudville

Kane and Abe L.

'When I was a kid, we had to do our own instant replays.'

Ancient Roman Cheerleaders.

Cartoon on Sachin Tendulkar's comparison to Don Bradman

Imran Khan

'Oh, for the good old peaceful test match.'

'Olympic stadium for sale available 2013.'

'You don't know why you're down here?... Aren't you the guy that invented the high five in sports?'

"No, the guy with the bat doesn't get to kill the guys with the mitts."

Where are they now? Paul Henderson.

England And The Ashes

'That stranger's tellin' the truth, sheriff. Ol' Buford here done went into his windup first.'

Tour de Lance Over. Next year the To de France returns!

Footballers in the Middle Ages.

Maradona memorial.

Evelyn Sacheverell de Grymmes-personal description

'He's been this way since the Red Sox won the pennant!'

Diego Maradona

'Where's the evidence keeping us out?'

Pierre de Coubertin - Founder of the Modern Olympics

stonehenge bowling...