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Background imageFootball Collection: McCoy Tyner performing at the Newport Jazz Festival, Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough, July 1978

McCoy Tyner performing at the Newport Jazz Festival, Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough, July 1978

Background imageFootball Collection: Jack Allen heads Newcastles first goal, FA Cup Final, Wembley, London, 1932

Jack Allen heads Newcastles first goal, FA Cup Final, Wembley, London, 1932. Artist: Graphic Photo Union
Jack Allen heads Newcastles first goal, FA Cup Final, Wembley, London, 1932. The Arsenal players are Eddie Hapgood, goalkeeper Frank Moss, Herbie Roberts and George Male

Background imageFootball Collection: German airship Graf Zeppelin flying over Wembley during the FA Cup Final, London, 1930

German airship Graf Zeppelin flying over Wembley during the FA Cup Final, London, 1930. Artist: Central Press
German airship Graf Zeppelin flying over Wembley during the FA Cup Final, London, 1930. The final was played between Arsenal and Huddersfield Town, with Arsenal winning 2-0

Background imageFootball Collection: Arsenal footballer Alex James passes three Manchester City players, c1929-c1937

Arsenal footballer Alex James passes three Manchester City players, c1929-c1937. Artist: Graphic Photo Union
Arsenal footballer Alex James passes three Manchester City players, c1929-c1937. An inside forward renowned for his ball control and passing

Background imageFootball Collection: Aerial view of Stamford Bridge, stadium of Chelsea Football Club, London, c1922

Aerial view of Stamford Bridge, stadium of Chelsea Football Club, London, c1922. A print from Peoples of all Nations, Volume III, edited by JA Hammerton, The Fleetway House, London, c1922

Background imageFootball Collection: Ronnie Boykins playing at the Newport Jazz Festival, Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough, July 1978

Ronnie Boykins playing at the Newport Jazz Festival, Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough, July 1978

Background imageFootball Collection: Italian national football team, Berlin Olympics, 1936

Italian national football team, Berlin Olympics, 1936. Italy won the gold medal, beating Austria in the final. A print from Olympia 1936, Die Olympischen Spiele 1936, Volume II

Background imageFootball Collection: George Kay and Joe Smith before kick-off, FA Cup Final, Wembley Stadium, London, 1923, (1935)

George Kay and Joe Smith before kick-off, FA Cup Final, Wembley Stadium, London, 1923, (1935)
George Kay and Joe Smith shake hands before kick-off, FA Cup Final, Wembley Stadium, London, 28 April 1923, (1935). George Kay (1891-1954), captain of West Ham United

Background imageFootball Collection: Eddie Mahan, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

Eddie Mahan, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Eddie Mahan, between c1915 and c1920

Background imageFootball Collection: Columbia football squads, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service

Columbia football squads, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Columbia football squads, 1914

Background imageFootball Collection: Norman Barr, Penn. between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Norman Barr, Penn. between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Norman Barr, Penn. between c1910 and c1915

Background imageFootball Collection: English football team, c1912. Creator: Bain News Service

English football team, c1912. Creator: Bain News Service
English football team, c1912. Shows the English football (soccer) team at the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden

Background imageFootball Collection: Coach Conibear of Washington, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service

Coach Conibear of Washington, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service
Coach Conibear of Washington, 1913. Shows Hiram Boardman Conibear (1871-1917) rowing coach at the University of Washington possibly during the Intercollegiate Regatta held in Poughkeepsie, New York

Background imageFootball Collection: Spalding - Yale coach, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Spalding - Yale coach, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Spalding - Yale coach, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageFootball Collection: Spalding - Baumeister [i.e. Bomeisler] - Bull - Gallauer - Ketcham (Capt)

Spalding - Baumeister [i.e. Bomeisler] - Bull - Gallauer - Ketcham (Capt.) - Howard Jones -- Yale Co Creator
Spalding - Baumeister [i.e. Bomeisler] - Bull - Gallauer - Ketcham (Capt.) - Howard Jones -- Yale Coaches and Capt. 1913. Shows members of the Yale University football team including Howard Harding

Background imageFootball Collection: Hughey Gold [child with football], between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Hughey Gold [child with football], between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Hughey Gold [child with football], between c1910 and c1915

Background imageFootball Collection: L.H. Bigelow, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

L.H. Bigelow, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
L.H. Bigelow, between c1910 and c1915. Shows football player Lucius Horatio "Ray" Bigelow III who played for the Yale football team from 1905 to 1908

Background imageFootball Collection: Capt. Baker, Princeton, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service

Capt. Baker, Princeton, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service
Capt. Baker, Princeton, 1913. Shows Hobart Amory Hare Baker (1892-1918), also known as Hobey Baker, a early 20th century American amateur athlete who attended Princeton University

Background imageFootball Collection: Coach Jones - Yale - Trainer Mack, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service

Coach Jones - Yale - Trainer Mack, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service
Coach Jones - Yale - Trainer Mack, 1913. Photo shows Yale graduate, Howard Harding Jones (1885-1941) who coached the Yale football team in 1909 and 1913

Background imageFootball Collection: The first FA Cup Final is held at the new Wembley Stadium in London, 28 April 1923, (1935)

The first FA Cup Final is held at the new Wembley Stadium in London, 28 April 1923, (1935). Police trying to keep the crowds back at the first Football Association Challenge Cup final match between

Background imageFootball Collection: Germany-Uruguay football match, 1928. Creator: Unknown

Germany-Uruguay football match, 1928. Creator: Unknown
Germany-Uruguay football match, 1928. Georg Kno pfle (1904-1987) of Germany (left). Uruguay beat Germany 4-1 in the quarter-finals at the 1928 Summer Olympics, held in Amsterdam

Background imageFootball Collection: Princeton Candidates, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Princeton Candidates, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Princeton Candidates, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageFootball Collection: Going to Yale game at Princeton, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service

Going to Yale game at Princeton, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service
Going to Yale game at Princeton, 1910

Background imageFootball Collection: Sanford Trying out men for Centre, Yale, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Sanford Trying out men for Centre, Yale, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Sanford Trying out men for Centre, Yale, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageFootball Collection: Sanford drilling guards, Yale, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Sanford drilling guards, Yale, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Sanford drilling guards, Yale, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageFootball Collection: Capt. Hart - McGregor - Princeton, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Capt. Hart - McGregor - Princeton, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Capt. Hart - McGregor - Princeton, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageFootball Collection: Instructing Yale football team, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Instructing Yale football team, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Instructing Yale football team, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageFootball Collection: Victoria soccer team, Germany, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Victoria soccer team, Germany, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Victoria soccer team, Germany, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageFootball Collection: Logan H'v'd (i.e. Harvard), between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Logan H'v'd (i.e. Harvard), between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Logan H'v'd (i.e. Harvard), between c1910 and c1915. Possibly shows Malcolm J. Logan, a member of the Harvard University football team

Background imageFootball Collection: Fenner, Penn. between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Fenner, Penn. between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Fenner, Penn. between c1910 and c1915

Background imageFootball Collection: Dutton, Penn. between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Dutton, Penn. between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Dutton, Penn. between c1910 and c1915

Background imageFootball Collection: Chandler, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Chandler, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Chandler, between c1910 and c1915. Possibly shows Brown University football player Theodore Chandler

Background imageFootball Collection: Footballer, 1925. Artist: Della-Vos-Kardovskaya, Olga Ludvigovna (1875-1952)

Footballer, 1925. Artist: Della-Vos-Kardovskaya, Olga Ludvigovna (1875-1952)
Footballer, 1925. Found in the collection of the State Open-air Museum of History and Architecture, Pereslavl Zalessky

Background imageFootball Collection: King George V attends a baseball match at Stamford Bridge, London, (1935). Creator: Unknown

King George V attends a baseball match at Stamford Bridge, London, (1935). Creator: Unknown
King George V attends a baseball match at Stamford Bridge, London, (1935). George V (1865-1936) at a sports event during the First World War, arranged in honour of the American allies

Background imageFootball Collection: The Kings Interest in Sport, 1931, (1937). Creator: Unknown

The Kings Interest in Sport, 1931, (1937). Creator: Unknown
The Kings Interest in Sport, c1931, (1937). England v Scotland, 1931. From " The Crowning of The King and Queen". [Evans Brothers Limited, London, 1937]

Background imageFootball Collection: Tokugawa Yoshimune Playing Kemari, 1875. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Tokugawa Yoshimune Playing Kemari, 1875. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Tokugawa Yoshimune Playing Kemari, 1875. Series: Brief Account of the Rulers of the Tokugawa Clan. Asukai Masanori Teaching Tokugawa Yoshimune to Play Kemari

Background imageFootball Collection: Football in Manilla, 1857. Creator: Unknown

Football in Manilla, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Football in Manilla, 1857. Sport in the Philippines:Sketch of a game at football, at which the Indians are very great. They stand in a circle

Background imageFootball Collection: Football - Captain Edward Mahon of Howard Team, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Football - Captain Edward Mahon of Howard Team, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Football - Captain Edward Mahon of Howard Team, 1917

Background imageFootball Collection: Un match militaire de football a Paris; L'equipe sportive du 20e corps, au velodrome du... 1916

Un match militaire de football a Paris; L'equipe sportive du 20e corps, au velodrome du... 1916. Creator: Unknown
Un match militaire de football a Paris; L'equipe sportive du 20e corps, au velodrome du Parc des Princes : maillot bleu clair a insigne tricolore, et culotte blanche. 1916

Background imageFootball Collection: Le glorieux ballon; Le ballon, qui sera legendaire, du 8e East Surrey, 1916. Creator: Unknown

Le glorieux ballon; Le ballon, qui sera legendaire, du 8e East Surrey, 1916. Creator: Unknown
Le glorieux ballon; Le ballon, qui sera legendaire, du 8e East Surrey, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVIII

Background imageFootball Collection: Football - Georgetown University Game, 1911. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Football - Georgetown University Game, 1911. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Football - Georgetown University Game, 1911
Football - Georgetown University Game, 1911

Background imageFootball Collection: Football - Georgetown University Game, 1911. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Football - Georgetown University Game, 1911. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Football - Georgetown University Game, 1911
Football - Georgetown University Game, 1911

Background imageFootball Collection: Football - Georgetown University Game, 1911. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Football - Georgetown University Game, 1911. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Football - Georgetown University Game, 1911
Football - Georgetown University Game, 1911

Background imageFootball Collection: Football - Georgetown University Game, 1911. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Football - Georgetown University Game, 1911. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Football - Georgetown University Game, 1911
Football - Georgetown University Game, 1911

Background imageFootball Collection: U.S. Naval Academy Football Team, 1911. Creator: Harris & Ewing. U.S

U.S. Naval Academy Football Team, 1911. Creator: Harris & Ewing. U.S. Naval Academy Football Team, 1911
U.S. Naval Academy Football Team, 1911

Background imageFootball Collection: Football University of Virginia Game, 1910. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Football University of Virginia Game, 1910. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Football University of Virginia Game, 1910
Football University of Virginia Game, 1910

Background imageFootball Collection: Our Burmese brothers playing football in Mandalay, 1886. Creator: Unknown

Our Burmese brothers playing football in Mandalay, 1886. Creator: Unknown
Our Burmese brothers playing football in Mandalay, 1886. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 33. January to June, 1886"

Background imageFootball Collection: Football - Georgetown-Carlisle Game; Glenn Warner, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Football - Georgetown-Carlisle Game; Glenn Warner, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Football - Georgetown-Carlisle Game; Glenn Warner, 1912

Background imageFootball Collection: Football - Georgetown-Carlisle Game; Glenn Warner, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Football - Georgetown-Carlisle Game; Glenn Warner, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Football - Georgetown-Carlisle Game; Glenn Warner, 1912

Background imageFootball Collection: Football - Georgetown-Carlisle Game; Glenn Warner, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Football - Georgetown-Carlisle Game; Glenn Warner, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Football - Georgetown-Carlisle Game; Glenn Warner, 1912

Background imageFootball Collection: Football - Georgetown-Carlisle Game; Glenn Warner, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Football - Georgetown-Carlisle Game; Glenn Warner, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Football - Georgetown-Carlisle Game; Glenn Warner, 1912

Background imageFootball Collection: Football - Georgetown-Carlisle Game; Glenn Warner, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Football - Georgetown-Carlisle Game; Glenn Warner, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Football - Georgetown-Carlisle Game; Glenn Warner, 1912

Background imageFootball Collection: Football player Jim Thorpe, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Football player Jim Thorpe, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Football player Jim Thorpe, between 1910 and 1920. Athlete and Olympic gold medalist James Francis Thorpe was the first Native American to win a gold medal for the United States in the Olympics

Background imageFootball Collection: Football - Costello; Georgetown-Virginia Game, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Football - Costello; Georgetown-Virginia Game, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Football - Costello; Georgetown-Virginia Game, 1912

Background imageFootball Collection: Football - Costello; Georgetown-Virginia Game, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Football - Costello; Georgetown-Virginia Game, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Football - Costello; Georgetown-Virginia Game, 1912

Background imageFootball Collection: Football - Costello; Georgetown-Virginia Game, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Football - Costello; Georgetown-Virginia Game, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Football - Costello; Georgetown-Virginia Game, 1912

Background imageFootball Collection: Football - Costello; Georgetown-Virginia Game, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Football - Costello; Georgetown-Virginia Game, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Football - Costello; Georgetown-Virginia Game, 1912

Background imageFootball Collection: Football - Georgetown-Carlisle Game; Glenn Warner, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Football - Georgetown-Carlisle Game; Glenn Warner, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Football - Georgetown-Carlisle Game; Glenn Warner, 1912

Background imageFootball Collection: Football - Georgetown-Carlisle Game; Glenn Warner, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Football - Georgetown-Carlisle Game; Glenn Warner, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Football - Georgetown-Carlisle Game; Glenn Warner, 1912

Background imageFootball Collection: Football - Georgetown-Carlisle Game; Glenn Warner, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Football - Georgetown-Carlisle Game; Glenn Warner, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Football - Georgetown-Carlisle Game; Glenn Warner, 1912

Background imageFootball Collection: Football - Georgetown-Carlisle Game; Glenn Warner, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Football - Georgetown-Carlisle Game; Glenn Warner, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Football - Georgetown-Carlisle Game; Glenn Warner, 1912

Background imageFootball Collection: Games of Football Being Played by Nobles. Creator: Hishikawa Moronobu

Games of Football Being Played by Nobles. Creator: Hishikawa Moronobu
Games of Football Being Played by Nobles

Background imageFootball Collection: The Canadian Football Team now in England, 1888. Creator: Unknown

The Canadian Football Team now in England, 1888. Creator: Unknown
The Canadian Football Team now in Englans, 1888. From, The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 38. July to December, 1888

Background imageFootball Collection: Sketches at the Association Cup Football Match, n. d. Creator: Philip William May

Sketches at the Association Cup Football Match, n. d. Creator: Philip William May
Sketches at the Association Cup Football Match, n.d

Background imageFootball Collection: The Queen Presents The Cup, 1937. Creator: Unknown

The Queen Presents The Cup, 1937. Creator: Unknown
The Queen Presents The Cup, 1937. From " The Sphere - Coronation Record Number". [The Sphere, London, 1937]. (Colorised black and white print)

Background imageFootball Collection: Ohio State Buckeyes football helmet worn by Archie Griffin, 1972-1975. Creator: Riddell

Ohio State Buckeyes football helmet worn by Archie Griffin, 1972-1975. Creator: Riddell
Archie Mason Griffin (born 1954) played as running back with the Ohio State Buckeyes American football team. The hard plastic helmet is gray with black, white

Background imageFootball Collection: Foot Ball at Rugby, 1845. Creator: Smyth

Foot Ball at Rugby, 1845. Creator: Smyth
Foot Ball at Rugby, 1845. Schoolboys playing rugby football at the public school where the game was invented in about 1845

Background imageFootball Collection: Holiday in Camp - Soldiers Playing 'Foot-Ball'

Holiday in Camp - Soldiers Playing "Foot-Ball"
Holiday in Camp - Soldiers Playing " Foot-Ball" - Sketched by Winslow Homer (Harpers Weekly, Vol. IX), July 1865

Background imageFootball Collection: Footballer, 1926. Creator: Lissitzky, El (1890-1941)

Footballer, 1926. Creator: Lissitzky, El (1890-1941)
Footballer, 1926. Private Collection

Background imageFootball Collection: Algeria, Cherchell, Amphitheatre

Algeria, Cherchell, Amphitheatre
Remains of a Roman amphitheatre now used as a football ground, Cherchell, Algeria, December 2007

Background imageFootball Collection: The Many-Headed Voice Which Roars Behind The Touch-Line Every Winter Saturday, c1935

The Many-Headed Voice Which Roars Behind The Touch-Line Every Winter Saturday, c1935. Crowd of men wearing flat caps at a football match

Background imageFootball Collection: Vertical bands or borders in dark colours on gold ground, pub

Vertical bands or borders in dark colours on gold ground, pub
Vertical bands or borders in dark colours on gold ground, Pl. XXX from The Practical Decorator and Ornamentalist, published 1892 (colour lithograph)

Background imageFootball Collection: Officers football team group portrait, c1935. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes

Officers football team group portrait, c1935. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Officers football team group portrait, c1935. Young men posing for a photograph, possibly at the Royal Naval College in the Isle of Wight

Background imageFootball Collection: Harold Edward Red Grang, American Football player, mid 1920s

Harold Edward Red Grang, American Football player, mid 1920s. Nicknamed The Galloping Ghost, Grange (1903-1991) was a college

Background imageFootball Collection: The Football Players, 1908

The Football Players, 1908. Found in the Collection of Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York

Background imageFootball Collection: Rugby Football, 1937

Rugby Football, 1937. From The Childrens Golden Treasure Book for 1937, edited by John R. Crossland and J. M. Parrish. [Odhams Press Ltd. London, 1937]. (Colorised black and white print)

Background imageFootball Collection: Winston Churchill greets the England football team, Wembley, London, October 1941

Winston Churchill greets the England football team, Wembley, London, October 1941. Artist: London News Agency
Winston Churchill greets the England football team, Wembley, London, October 1941. The Prime Minister being introduced to the players by England captain Eddie Hapgood before a wartime international

Background imageFootball Collection: A pause for instruction from film producer Anthony Asquith, Twickenham, London, c1932

A pause for instruction from film producer Anthony Asquith, Twickenham, London, c1932. During the making of the Gainsborough Pictures film, The Lucky Number

Background imageFootball Collection: Arsenal FC captain Eddie Hapgood runs onto the pitch at Highbury, London, 1930s

Arsenal FC captain Eddie Hapgood runs onto the pitch at Highbury, London, 1930s. Artist: Barratts Photo Press Ltd
Arsenal FC captain Eddie Hapgood runs onto the pitch at Highbury, London, 1930s. A left back, Hapgood (1908-1973) was Arsenals captain from 1933

Background imageFootball Collection: Football in the East End, London, 1926-1927

Football in the East End, London, 1926-1927. Illustration from Wonderful London, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, Volume I, published by Amalgamated Press, (London, 1926-1927)

Background imageFootball Collection: A game of foot-ball as played by certain Westminster boys, 1858

A game of foot-ball as played by certain Westminster boys, 1858. In this cartoon, Derby (in the crown) is on the left with Disraeli representing the Tories

Background imageFootball Collection: Sheffield United FC training ground bathroom, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1961. Artist

Sheffield United FC training ground bathroom, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1961. Artist
Sheffield United FC training ground bathroom, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1961. Players in the bath. The photograph was taken for the East Midlands Gas Board to promote the use of the Ascot water

Background imageFootball Collection: The Queen Presents The Cup, 1937

The Queen Presents The Cup, 1937. From The Sphere - Coronation Record Number. [The Sphere, London, 1937]. (Colorised black and white print)

Background imageFootball Collection: Young Tony Hapgood shows his skills at Highbury, London, c1933-c19375). Artist: Topical Press Agency

Young Tony Hapgood shows his skills at Highbury, London, c1933-c19375). Artist: Topical Press Agency
Young Tony Hapgood shows his skills at Highbury, (1945). Watched by Arsenal footballers Eddie Hapgood (his father) (1908-1973), Frank Moss (1909-1970) and Alex James



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