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“Star Maker”: George Powles, McClymonds High School, and the Youth of West Oakland

David K. Wiggins

predominantly Black McClymonds High School and then later at predominantly White Skyline High School. 5 He coached the Bill Erwin Post team of Oakland to successive national American Legion championships in 1949 and 1950, the Oakland Connie Mack team to the national championship in 1959, and both McClymonds

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Landscapes of Performance: Using Local Geography for the Testing of Sport School Pupils in Sweden, 1972–2023

Daniel Svensson

forces with other sport federations and argued for the need for special schools. These upper-secondary sport schools would allow for an early specialization and more training hours, while still making sure that skiers who did not reach the national team had an education to fall back on. 8 In a context

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The Transformation of Taiwanese Women’s Physical Education in Schools During the Japanese Colonial Period (1895–1945)

Hsiang-Pin Chin and Ping-Chao Lee

Having been liberated from the disagreeable custom of footbinding, girls are now free to discard the binding cloth and allow their feet to grow naturally. 1 In schools, PE classes can be carried out smoothly; it is a world away from the past. 2 This excerpt from an article written in 1925

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Sport and the Cash Nexus in Nineteenth Century Toronto

C.A. Tony Joyce

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Directing Physical Education in the Canadian YWCAs: Margaret Eaton School’s Influence, 1901–1947

John By1

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Schooling Bodies: School Practice and Public Discourse 1880-1950

Roberta J. Park

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Physical Education for Women at the University of Wisconsin, 1863–1913: A Half Century of Progress

Nancy Struna and Mary L. Remley

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The Don Meets the Babe: The 1932 Australian Cricket Tour of North America

Richard Cashman

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“Whatever This Intangible Spirit Is”: Hockey and Institutional Culture at Bowdoin College, 1956–1973

Dan Covell and Claude Catapano

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Babe: The Life and Legend of Babe Didrikson Zaharias

Joan M. Chandler