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The International Journal of the History of Sport Best Article Prize: Early Winners (1984-2009)

Created 01 Jan 1984| Updated 25 Oct 2022 | 27 articles

The International Journal of the History of Sport offer an annual Best Article Prize for the best article published in the journal within a given year.

Prize winning papers from 1984-2009 are listed below, with winners from 2010 onwards presented in the International Journal of the History of Sport Best Article Collection.

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Crossing the Line: Sport and the Limits of Civil Rights Protest

Simon Henderson

Originally published in The International Journal of the History of Sport, Volume: 26, Number: 1 (01 Jan 2009)

Published online: 04 Dec 2008

AbstractforCrossing the Line: Sport and the Limits of Civil Rights Protest | Full Text | References | PDF (123.6 KB)

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It Wasn't Just Emily Davison! Sport, Suffrage and Society in Edwardian Britain

Joyce Kay

Originally published in The International Journal of the History of Sport, Volume: 25, Number: 10 (01 Sep 2008)

Published online: 30 Jul 2008

AbstractforIt Wasn't Just Emily Davison! Sport, Suffrage and Society in Edwardian Britain | Full Text | References | PDF (107 KB)

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Playing with the rules: Influences on the development of regulation in sport

Wray Vamplew

Originally published in The International Journal of the History of Sport, Volume: 24, Number: 7 (01 Jul 2007) International Annual Review

Published online: 25 May 2007

AbstractforPlaying with the rules: Influences on the development of regulation in sport | Full Text | References | PDF (159.5 KB)

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Projecting the visual: British newsreels, soccer and popular culture 1918–39

Mike Huggins

Originally published in The International Journal of the History of Sport, Volume: 24, Number: 1 (01 Jan 2007)

Published online: 01 Dec 2006

AbstractforProjecting the visual: British newsreels, soccer and popular culture 1918–39 | Full Text | References | PDF (136.8 KB)

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Acting global, thinking local: ‘Liquid imperialism’ and the multiple meanings of the 1954 British Empire & Commonwealth Games

Michael Dawson

Originally published in The International Journal of the History of Sport, Volume: 23, Number: 1 (01 Feb 2006)

Published online: 23 Aug 2006

AbstractforActing global, thinking local: ‘Liquid imperialism’ and the multiple meanings of the 1954 British Empire & Commonwealth Games | Full Text | References | PDF (139.6 KB)

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Mens Sana in Corpore Sano? Body and Mind in Ancient Greece

David Young

Originally published in The International Journal of the History of Sport, Volume: 22, Number: 1 (01 Jan 2005)

Published online: 08 Sep 2010

AbstractforMens Sana in Corpore Sano? Body and Mind in Ancient Greece | PDF (119.1 KB)

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The Globalization of Cricket: The Rise of the Non-West

Amit Gupta

Originally published in The International Journal of the History of Sport, Volume: 21, Number: 2 (01 Mar 2004)

Published online: 05 Aug 2006

AbstractforThe Globalization of Cricket: The Rise of the Non-West | PDF (127 KB)

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Globalizing the Nation-Making Process: Modern Sport in World History

Mark Dyreson

Originally published in The International Journal of the History of Sport, Volume: 20, Number: 1 (01 Mar 2003)

Published online: 08 Sep 2010

First Page PreviewforGlobalizing the Nation-Making Process: Modern Sport in World History | PDF (64 KB)

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Colonial Bodies, Colonial Sport: 'Martial' Punjabis, 'Effeminate' Bengalis and the Development of Indian Football

P. Dimeo

Originally published in The International Journal of the History of Sport, Volume: 19, Number: 1 (01 Mar 2002)

Published online: 08 Sep 2010

First Page PreviewforColonial Bodies, Colonial Sport: 'Martial' Punjabis, 'Effeminate' Bengalis and the Development of Indian Football | PDF (72.5 KB)

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The Later Evolution of Modern Sport in Latin America: The North American Influence

Joseph L Arbena

Originally published in The International Journal of the History of Sport, Volume: 18, Number: 3 (01 Sep 2001)

Published online: 08 Sep 2010

First Page PreviewforThe Later Evolution of Modern Sport in Latin America: The North American Influence | PDF (89.1 KB)

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Football as social critique: protest movements, rugby and history in aotearoa, New Zealand

Malcolm Maclean

Originally published in The International Journal of the History of Sport, Volume: 17, Number: 2-3 (01 Jun 2000) Sport in Australasian society Past and Present

Published online: 07 Mar 2007

First Page PreviewforFootball as social critique: protest movements, rugby and history in aotearoa, New Zealand | References | PDF (1.3 MB)

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Riefenstahl's Olympia: ideology and aesthetics in the shaping of the Aryan athletic body

Graham McFee & Alan Tomlinson

Originally published in The International Journal of the History of Sport, Volume: 16, Number: 2 (01 Jun 1999) Shaping The Superman

Published online: 07 Mar 2007

First Page PreviewforRiefenstahl's Olympia: ideology and aesthetics in the shaping of the Aryan athletic body | References | PDF (2.3 MB)

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Fighting for Ireland, playing for England? The nationalist history of the gaelic athletic association and the english influence on Irish sport

Mike Cronin

Originally published in The International Journal of the History of Sport, Volume: 15, Number: 3 (01 Dec 1998)

Published online: 07 Mar 2007

First Page PreviewforFighting for Ireland, playing for England? The nationalist history of the gaelic athletic association and the english influence on Irish sport | References | PDF (1.2 MB)

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Sport, war and gender images: the Australian sportsmen's battalions and the First World War

Murray G. Phillips

Originally published in The International Journal of the History of Sport, Volume: 14, Number: 1 (01 Apr 1997)

Published online: 07 Mar 2007

First Page PreviewforSport, war and gender images: the Australian sportsmen's battalions and the First World War | References | PDF (1.1 MB)

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‘No business of ours'?: the foreign office and the olympic games, 1896–1914

Martin Polley

Originally published in The International Journal of the History of Sport, Volume: 13, Number: 2 (01 Aug 1996)

Published online: 07 Mar 2007

First Page Previewfor‘No business of ours'?: the foreign office and the olympic games, 1896–1914 | References | PDF (1 MB)

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Body culture and democratic nationalism: ‘popular gymnastics’ in nineteenth‐century Denmark

Henning Eichberg

Originally published in The International Journal of the History of Sport, Volume: 12, Number: 2 (01 Aug 1995) Tribal Identities Nationalism, Europe and Sport

Published online: 07 Mar 2007

First Page PreviewforBody culture and democratic nationalism: ‘popular gymnastics’ in nineteenth‐century Denmark | References | PDF (930.5 KB)

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The social construction of the gendered body: exercise and the exercise of power

Patricia Vertinsky

Originally published in The International Journal of the History of Sport, Volume: 11, Number: 2 (01 Aug 1994)

Published online: 07 Mar 2007

First Page PreviewforThe social construction of the gendered body: exercise and the exercise of power | References | PDF (1.5 MB)

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The female body, missionary and reformer: the reconceptualization of femininity in modern China

Fan Hong

Originally published in The International Journal of the History of Sport, Volume: 10, Number: 2 (01 Aug 1993)

Published online: 07 Mar 2007

First Page PreviewforThe female body, missionary and reformer: the reconceptualization of femininity in modern China | References | PDF (1.5 MB)

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‘The year of awakening’: black athletes, racial unrest and the civil rights movement of 1968

David K. Wiggins

Originally published in The International Journal of the History of Sport, Volume: 9, Number: 2 (01 Aug 1992)

Published online: 07 Mar 2007

First Page Previewfor‘The year of awakening’: black athletes, racial unrest and the civil rights movement of 1968 | References | PDF (1.2 MB)

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Sport and the redefinition of American middle‐class masculinity

Steven A. Riess

Originally published in The International Journal of the History of Sport, Volume: 8, Number: 1 (01 May 1991)

Published online: 07 Mar 2007

First Page PreviewforSport and the redefinition of American middle‐class masculinity | References | PDF (1.5 MB)

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The other ‘American exceptionalism’: why is there no soccer in the United States?

Andrei S. Markovits

Originally published in The International Journal of the History of Sport, Volume: 7, Number: 2 (01 Sep 1990)

Published online: 07 Mar 2007

First Page PreviewforThe other ‘American exceptionalism’: why is there no soccer in the United States? | References | PDF (2.3 MB)

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‘The warmth of comradeship’: the first British empire games and imperial solidarity

Katharine Moore

Originally published in The International Journal of the History of Sport, Volume: 6, Number: 2 (01 Sep 1989)

Published online: 07 Mar 2007

First Page Previewfor‘The warmth of comradeship’: the first British empire games and imperial solidarity | References | PDF (645.8 KB)

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Football in the mining communities of east Northumberland, 1882–1914

Alan Metcalfe

Originally published in The International Journal of the History of Sport, Volume: 5, Number: 3 (01 Dec 1988)

Published online: 07 Mar 2007

First Page PreviewforFootball in the mining communities of east Northumberland, 1882–1914 | References | PDF (1.4 MB)

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The origins of the modern olympics: a new version

David C. Young

Originally published in The International Journal of the History of Sport, Volume: 4, Number: 3 (01 Dec 1987)

Published online: 07 Mar 2007

First Page PreviewforThe origins of the modern olympics: a new version | References | PDF (1.9 MB)

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The peculiar economics of english cricket before 1914

Keith Sandiford & Wray Vamplew

Originally published in The International Journal of the History of Sport, Volume: 3, Number: 3 (01 Dec 1986)

Published online: 07 Mar 2007

First Page PreviewforThe peculiar economics of english cricket before 1914 | References | PDF (1,012.8 KB)

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Sport, gender and society in a transatlantic Victorian perspective

Roberta J. Park

Originally published in The International Journal of the History of Sport, Volume: 2, Number: 1 (01 May 1985)

Published online: 07 Mar 2007

First Page PreviewforSport, gender and society in a transatlantic Victorian perspective | References | PDF (1.5 MB)

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‘Oars and the man’: pleasure and purpose in Victorian and Edwardian Cambridge

J.A. Mangan

Originally published in The International Journal of the History of Sport, Volume: 1, Number: 3 (01 Dec 1984)

Published online: 07 Mar 2007

First Page Previewfor‘Oars and the man’: pleasure and purpose in Victorian and Edwardian Cambridge | References | PDF (1.6 MB)

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