Sporting Scots
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Sporting Scots
Author: John K. V. Eunson
language: en
Publisher: Black & White Publishing
Release Date: 2012-04-18
In 1860 the first ever golf 'major' was held in Prestwick - a man from East Lothian won. In 1871 the first ever rugby international in the world took place in Edinburgh - Scotland won. In 1872 the first ever association football international in the world was hosted in Glasgow - it was a draw. All three of these momentous events in the history of sport - even if they did not seem that way at the time - were held in Scotland, and for the next century and more Scottish sporting men and women were pioneers in the growth of sport around the world. "Sporting Scots" tells the incredible stories of the Scots who brought sport to the globe and transformed the histories of golf, football, rugby, athletics, ice hockey, cricket, swimming, baseball, cycling, motor racing and many other sports in the process. It is also the modern history of the Scots abroad as they left the Auld Country far behind them for fame or fortune or for simple economic necessity and left a lasting sporting legacy around the globe.
The Sporting Scots of Nineteenth-century Canada
Author: Gerald Redmond
language: en
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
Release Date: 1982
This book examines the role of the Scots in the development of Canadian sport. The evidence from the wide range of primary and secondary sources cited by the author proves that the Scottish contribution was significant.
Sport, Nationalism, and Globalization
Explores the relationship between sport and national identities within the context of globalization in the modern era.