Sports History

672 items in gallery.
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Boy smiling punching center of baseball glove
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Mid adult man playing baseball
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Person's hand raising a baby's hand wearing boxing gloves
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Crying baby wearing boxing gloves
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Young adult man in a fighting stance
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Boy playing baseball
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Mid adult man being hit by a punch
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Baseball pitcher standing on one leg
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Two baseball players talking
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Baseball players discussing
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Baseball player wearing helmet and chest protector
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Two mid adult men boxing
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Billy Adams ca. 1910-1915.
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Boy playing baseball ready to throwing ball
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High angle view of a baseball player sliding on home base and a catcher trying to tag him
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Boxing at Walter Reed Hospital [Washington, D.C.] ca. between 1918 and 1928.
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Side view of baseball pitcher during pitch
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Yankee manager Joe McCarthy, Postmaster General James A. Farley, National's Manager Bucky Harris, and Clark Griffith, owner of the Nat's Club during opening day ceremonies on April 21, 1939.
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Bob Mathias (1930-2006), US Olympic decathlete, demonstrates the javelin throw for the benefit of young athletes at the Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium during his good will tour of more than 40 countries sponsored by the US State Department, Bombay, India, 1956. (Photo by United States Information Agency/GG Vintage Images)
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Close-up of a boxing glove
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New York Yankees Baseball Player Babe Ruth circa 1934.
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Maryland State football group ca. between 1910 and 1925.
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House Speaker William B. Bankhead and baseball players in front of Capitol circa 1939.
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Mid adult man in a fighting stance
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Shadow boxing, 1st Batt. Prob. Regt.. ca. between 1910 and 1920.
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Boy wearing baseball strip eating ice cream
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Weidman high jump ca. between 1909 and 1923.
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Boxer hitting punching bag
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American Red Cross, Christy Mathewson, ball player, contributing to Red Cross War Fund, Cincinnati. ca. between 1910 and 1920.
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Packy McFarland (boxing).
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1930s MAN MUSCULAR ATHLETE CONCENTRATED FOCUSED FACIAL EXPRESSION EXERCISING WORKING OUT ON GYMNASIUM STATIONARY ROWING MACHINE
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Young McGowan ca. 1914.
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Professional baseball player Jimmy DeShong circa 1937.
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Mohawk football team ca. between 1918 and 1920.
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Babe Ruth, New York Yankee, 1895-1948
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Otto Kohler Young Marker ca. 1910-1915 .
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Aerial view of Yankee Stadium during opening day, New York City
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Aerial view of a baseball stadium, Yankee Stadium, The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
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Elevated view of football fans crowded into the Rose Bowl Stadium to watch the California Golden Bears, champions of the Pacific Coast Conference, battle the Michigan Wolverines, winners of the Big Ten Conference, Pasadena, CA, 1/1/1951. (Photo by INP/United States Information Agency/GG Vintage Images)
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Bob Diry ca. 1910-1915.
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The practice of Christianity in Korea revolves around two of its largest branches, Protestantism and Catholicism, accounting for 8.6 million and 5.3 million members respectively. Roman Catholicism was first introduced during the late Joseon Dynasty period. In 1603, Yi Gwang-jeong, Korean diplomat, returned from Beijing carrying several theological books written by Matteo Ricci, a Jesuit missionary to China. He began disseminating the information in the books and the first seeds of Christianity were sown. In 1758 King Yeongjo of Joseon officially outlawed Catholicism as an evil practice. Roman Catholicism was again introduced in 1785 by Yi Seung-hun. Korean Christians were subject to persecution and hardship. Many were martyred, especially during the Catholic Persecution of 1801 and later. The Joseon Dynasty saw the new religion as a subversive influence and persecuted its earliest followers in Korea, culminating in the Catholic Persecution of 1866, in which 8,000 Catholics across the c
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Md. State football team ca. between 1910 and 1925.
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Historical Boxing - Houck ca. 1914 .
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Aerial view of a baseball stadium, Yankee Stadium, The Bronx, New York City, New York State, New York, USA
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Tom Sullivan, Georgetown ca. between 1918 and 1920.
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Member of sports team receiving trophy ca. between 1918 and 1921.
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Buck Jacobs, Washington baseball player swinging at a baseball while at bat circa 1937.
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Fooball player Jim Thorpe ca. 1910-1920 .
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1937 Major League Baseball All-Star Game with featured hitters Left to right: Lou Gehrig, Joe Cronin, Bill Dickey, Joe DiMaggio, Charley Gehringer, Jimmie Foxx, and Hank Greenberg circa July 7 1937.
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Battling Levinsky ca. 1910-1915.