Tag: Sport
Jimmy Hill dead at 87 following Alzheimer’s battle
19 December 2015
Jimmy Hill has died aged 87 following a battle with Alzheimer’s.
Hill will forever be remembered as one of the most influential figures in English football history, filling a number of different roles during...
Mickey Mantle
Mickey Mantle's illustrious baseball career began in the 1950s when he was a teenage phenomenon out of Commerce, Oklahoma, thrust into the limelight of joining baseball's greatest dynasty.
As a player, he had power from both...
Evonne Goolagong
Young newcomer Evonne Goolagong was one month away from her 20th birthday when she scored straight-set victories over Billie Jean King in the semi-finals at Wimbledon, going on to defeat defending champion (and fellow Australian)...
Harlem Globetrotters
The exact beginnings of the Harlem Globetrotters are uncertain, although the team considers that their first-ever road game took place on 7 January 1927, in Hinckley, Illinois.
In spite of the team’s name, the squad was...
George Best
There is a famous story about George Best after he had won one night at a casino and a bellboy found him in his hotel room drinking champagne with Miss World with £25,000 scattered across...
Muhammad Ali/Cassius Clay
"I am the greatest," claimed Muhammad Ali - and many still consider him to be the finest heavyweight boxer of all time. His catchphrase "float like a butterfly, sting like a bee" exemplified both his style...
Jackie Stewart
Jackie Stewart - The Flying Scotsman - drove an Elf Tyrell
In 1973 at Watkins Glen (which was Jackie's 100th Grand Prix) Stewart's teammate Francois Cevert was killed in a terrible accident.
Jackie Stewart decided he would...
Nadia Comaneci
Fourteen-year-old Romanian gymnast, Nadia Comaneci, delighted crowds at the 1976 Olympics in Montreal, Canada.
She won three gold medals, a silver and a bronze, scoring the first perfect score of 10.00 in Olympic gymnastics - and...
Roller Derby
Roller Derby was born in Chicago during the Depression but didn't achieve national prominence until the advent of television in the late 1940s. In 1949, the National Roller Derby League was formed, and the playoffs...
