Sporting Heroes of the North : Sport, Heroism and the North of England

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• ISBN13: 9781904794295
• ISBN10: 1904794297
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2010-11-26
• Publisher: Northumbria University Press

Summary

Covering a range of competitions and historical epochs, this exploration of northern England athletes provides insight into to the worlds of different sports. Beginning with the idea of sport heroism in relation to the key regions and cultures in the north, it places the participants, including black and female heroes, in their social contextsin relation to the classes, communities, and gender groups that spawned them. Noted athletes include William Sudell, Lily Farr, Jackie Milburn, Billy Boston, Beryl Burton, Joe Brown, and John Conteh.

Author Biography

Dave Russell is a scholar of the history of English popular culture. He is the author of the Encyclopedia of British Football, the award-winning Football and the English, and Looking North: England and the National Imagination. Stephen Wagg is a professor of sport and society. He is the author of The Football World; the coeditor of Amateurism and British Sport, British Football and Social Change, and East Plays West; and the editor of British Football and Social Exclusion, Cricket and National Identity in the Postcolonial Age, Giving the Game Away, and Key Concepts in Sports Studies.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. vii
Muck or Nettles: Men, Masculinity and Myth in Yorkshire Cricket	p. 1
Northern Heroes and Heroines?: Fell Running	p. 30
An Extraordinary Joe: the Working-class Climber as Hero	p. 48
AlfTupper: Real Worlds and Imagined Heroes	p. 71
'This Incredible Yorkshire Lass.' Beryl Burton and the Importance of being Northern	p. 87
Fanfare for the Common Woman: Sporting Heroines, the North of England and Social Change	p. 104
Football's First Northern Hero? The Rise and Fall of William Sudell	p. 123
The Lives of Jackie Milburn: 'Footballer and Gentleman'	p. 144
Champions of the Red Rose: Three Lancashire Cricketing Heroes	p. 160
Ellery Hanley: Rugby League's Ice Dancer	p. 178
John Conteh: More Kirby than Knightsbridge	p. 194
Wizards of the Wall: Wall of Death Riders as Northern Heroes in the 1930s	p. 211
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