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1924
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA 20-page souvenir program for the 1924 World's Colored Championship baseball series. The front of the program features an illustration of two baseball players being pulled toward a large magnet that reads: [World’s Series] held by a man in a hat smoking a…
August 1933
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA souvenir program for an annual tennis tournament sanctioned by the Southern Tennis Association held at the Tuskegee Institute August 2nd through August 5th, 1933.
October 4, 1960
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA souvenir program celebrating Wilma Rudolph Day in Clarksville, Tennessee on October 4, 1960 commemorating her achievements in the 1960 Summer Olympics. The front of the black-and-white program features a centrally oriented, thatched illustration of Wilma…
1968–
Charles "Sparky" McEwen (born April 28, 1968) is an American football coach and former player. He is the head football coach for Davenport University, a position he has held since 2017. McEwen played professionally as a quarterback for one season with the…
mid to late 1970s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGBlack leather Everlast boxing gloves custom made for Muhammad Ali and used at Deer Lake Training Camp. The gloves have a tan leather trim and white thread stiched at the seams. On the backhand wrist of each glove is a piece of white satin sewn on with the…
1899
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGOriginal caption reads "Spectators at the Sports. Old Calabar. 1899.".
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Corynne Elliot (born 17 March 1983), better known as Speech Debelle, is a British rapper formerly signed to the Big Dada record label. She was the winner of the 2009 Mercury Prize for her debut album Speech Therapy. Debelle's single from Speech Therapy,…
1970-1979
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGBlack leather boxing training gloves used by Muhammad Ali. The exterior of both gloves are made out of black leather with a tan leather trim at the bottom. At the bottom of each glove on the front is a sewn on piece of white satin that has the Everlast…
1980-1981
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA speedbag used by Muhammad Ali at Deer Lake Training Camp. The speedbag is made of black leather. Printed in yellow ink is the number [4201] with the Everlast logo printed beneath that. Next to Everlast logo, in the middle of the speedbag is the Gyro…
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Craig Elliott "Speedy" Claxton (born May 8, 1978) is an American former professional basketball player and the current head coach of the Hofstra University men's basketball team. Claxton won an NBA championship in 2003 as a member of the San Antonio Spurs.…
1994–
Spencer Bivens (born June 28, 1994) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the San Francisco Giants.
1973–
Spencer Brown (born 11 July 1973, Eton, England) is a former professional and International rugby union player. He played on the wing and at fullback. Spencer appeared on the ITV programme Long Lost Family in August 2018, and again in August 2019 for ITVs…
1908–1981
William Spencer Davis (June 23, 1908 – January 27, 1981) was an American professional baseball infielder in the Negro leagues. A native of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Davis played from 1938 to 1942 with the Jacksonville Red Caps, Atlanta Black…
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Charles "Spider" Jones (born April 20, 1943) is a Canadian journalist, author, and former amateur boxer. He is a former three-time Golden Glove Champion and was inducted into the Canadian Boxing Hall of Fame in 1996.
1938
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA 16mm release print of the feature film Spirit of Youth. It consists of two reels of positive, black-and-white, 16mm acetate film with variable-area optical sound. In the opening scene, children can be seen playing outside. Young Joe Thomas’s mother calls…
Sept. 2, 1957
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGSport Illustrated Vol. 7 No. 10. The Sept. 2, 1957 issue of the magazine features a color image of Althea Gibson on the cover. She is wearing a dark jacket and a white shirt. She is looking at the camera and smiling. White text at the top of the cover…
ca. 1970
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGOriginal caption reads, "Sport on the Low Veldt Komati Poort.".
1960
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGSport (magazine) featuring cover images of Jackie Robinson, Willie Mays, Wilt Chamberlain, and Althea Gibson. Written in blue ink on the image of Althea Gibson is "Page 28.".
1973
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA documentary film with the title "Oscar Robertson," from the Sports Action Profile television series. It consists of a single reel of color 16mm acetate film with optical sound. The film was written, directed, and produced by William Edgar and profiles…
September 30, 1968
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA copy of Sports Illustrated from September 30, 1968. The front cover has a rainbow colored background. Gold lettering at the top of the cover reads: [Sports Illustrated / September 30, 1968 50 CENTS]. Black and white text under the magazine title reads:…
ca. 1890s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGOriginal caption reads "Sports. Old Calabar.".
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Spottswood Poles (December 27, 1887 – September 12, 1962) was an American outfielder in baseball's Negro leagues.
1988–
Stacey Francis-Bayman (née Francis, born 1 January 1988) is a former England netball international. She was a member of the England teams that won bronze medals at the 2010 Commonwealth Games and at the 2011 and 2015 Netball World Cups. At club level she…
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Stacey Hairston (born August 16, 1967) is an American former gridiron football coach and player. He was most recently the defensive coordinator at Urbana University in Urbana, Ohio, in 2017. Hairston was head football coach at Wilmington College in…
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