What do you get most nostalgic about? (select up to three answers)
Total Voters: 87
Loading ...Posted in 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, Sport, Sports Personalities on Jul 22nd, 2008
The only other outstanding memory outside of the Olympic athletics was in the boxing stadium with the victory of a young heavyweight - a boxer from the United States called Cassius Clay. We all later knew him as Mohammed Ali. He later lobbed this gold medal into a river in protest against the treatment of […]
Posted in 1960s, Sport, Sports Personalities on Jul 21st, 2008
I remember Abebe Bikila winning the 1960 Rome Olympics men’s marathon - barefoot! My image of him is just how slight he was and wondered where the energy came from to do what he was doing. He was the first person to win two Olympic marathons, winning the Tokyo in 1964. In between these two […]
Posted in 1950s, 1960s, Sport, Sports Personalities on Jul 19th, 2008
Al Oerter was an gold medal winning discus thrower from 1956 to 1968. He was among a group of gigantic shot put throwers and discus throwers who were nearly seven feet tall and very impressive to a young boy of seven! Al sadly passed away in 2007.
Steve Haywood is a personal trainer in West and […]
Posted in 1960s, Sport, Sports Personalities on Jul 19th, 2008
Herb Elliot never lost a race over 1500m or a mile. He broke the four minute mile on 17 occasions. He took middle distance running to a whole new level. As a young boy watching him compete, I’m sure he fired me up for my future spent running. It wasn’t just his physicality, it was […]
Posted in 1960s, Sport, Sports Personalities on Jul 18th, 2008
Came second in the 100m dash (as it was called then!) at the 1960 Rome Olympics. She was a Barnsley lass, which generated a lot of local interest. She became something of a heroine and still has the track and stadium named after her at Cudsworth near Barnsley.
Steve Haywood is a personal trainer in West […]
Posted in 1960s, Sport, Sports Personalities on Jul 17th, 2008
On a 14″ black and white screen, the Press sisters’ performance in the 1960 Rome Olympics is my first recollection of the games. I remember being a bit baffled because I couldn’t tell the difference between the Press sisters and the men. It later became obvious that they had disappeared about the same time as […]
Posted in 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, Sport, Sports Personalities, UK & Ireland on Apr 3rd, 2008
Beltran de Osorio y Diez de Rivera, the “Iron” Duke of Albuquerque (1919-1994), was a Spanish aristocrat obsessed with horse-racing. After receiving a film of the Grand National as a gift for his eighth birthday, the Corinthian Duke set his sight on England’s greatest equestrian prize: “I said then that I would win that race […]
Posted in 1970s, 1980s, Sport, Sports Personalities on Apr 1st, 2008
Once upon a time, British athletes ruled the globe in middle-distance running.
Througout the 70’s and 80’s, Steve Ovett and Seb Coe vied for world records and Olympic medals with magnificent displays of athleticism and talent. Though they rarely met, the two competed for records and column inches. The competition was made all the more remarkable […]
Posted in 1990s, Australia & New Zealand, Personalities, Rest of World, Sports Personalities, T.V. Shows, TV Gameshows, UK & Ireland, US & Canada on Oct 30th, 2007
Remember being scared of the big bad wolf? Did you want to date /look like Jet? Remember when Shadow got done for using steroids? and the wonder of people fighting with giant cotton buds on elevated platforms?
Gladiators was a phenomenon of family viewing. Everyone knew someone who’s teacher’s friend’s brother’s babysitter had been a contestant […]
Posted in 1990s, Advertising, Sport, Sports Personalities, T.V. Shows, UK & Ireland on Jul 6th, 2007
Linford Christie, the (only?) Olympic Gold Medal winning British 100 metre sprinter wore some tremendous Puma contact lenses during the 1990s. This was soon stomped on by the authorities as “advertising”, but I admire his moxy to this very day.
Whether or not the powers that be banned the use of the lenses, they were pretty […]
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