#vintage sport

[sonyaheaneyauthor]

Ukrainian Cossack weightlifter Leonid Zhabotinsky winning the first of his Olympic gold medals in Tokyo in 1964.

[mypastnow]

[urbadmami]

“Foxy Boxing”

1986 💋🥊

[for-valour]

(Part 1!) Now Wimbledon has begun, I wanted to share some of my favourite photos of Bertie playing tennis!

When he was still The Duke of York, he participated in a doubles match at Wimbledon with his mentor & friend, Louis Greig (above). Bertie was extremely anxious and asked to play on one of the outer courts, as opposed to Centre Court, to keep attention away from him. A compromise was eventually made for Court 2, where there was still a considerable crowd.

One spectator recalled that, ‘The Duke of York was very nervous and couldn’t play at all, at times lashing at the ball with his racquet…”

The Prince and Louis Greig lost the match in straight sets: 6-1, 6-3, 6-2 to Herbert Roper Barret and Arthur Gore - both considerably older and more experienced than the then 30-year-old Bertie! Some exasperated people in the crowd even yelled out that he should try playing with ‘the other hand’ (i.e. his right hand, as Bertie played tennis left handed). It is likely that his anxieties and quick temper —usually aimed at himself!— affected his game that day.

In reality, Bertie was, in fact, an extremely talented tennis player!

He had previously won the RAF doubles competition in 1920 (pictured above!) and when at White Lodge, he loved playing tennis with Elizabeth in the mornings, before breakfast.

The ladies’ Wimbledon champion, Suzanne Lenglen, watched Bertie’s match on Court 2 that day and said that, ‘with plenty of practice’ he would have ‘the makings of a champion’. Nonetheless, the whole Wimbledon experience traumatised the sensitive Duke, and he never played a game in public again.

Sources: George VI, by Sarah Bradford; The King Maker, by Georgie Greig. Photo credits: Getty, Alamy.

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P.S. Sorry I've been very absent from this page! I'm so, so busy with work :( But I promise to catch up on all your questions, and I have a ton of Bertie to share when I get more time!

[lovelyangryheart]

British crew

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Me

[dannycardfan824]

PANINI 2014 GOLDEN AGE

JAKE LAMOTTA #JLA HISTORIC SIGNATURES AUTOGRAPH CARD CSG GRADED 9 MINT

[mensfactory]

800 hp 1967 Shelby GT500CR

A reimagined Mustang from Classic Recreations,

The limited-edition model will comprise only 10 examples, each priced at $625,000, of which $100,000 of that will go to the American Heart Association and its latest “Life is Why” campaign.

[toyastales]

M U S T A N G.

[anthonysperkins]

Playing Dirty (2001) dir. Paul Barresi

[sonyaheaneyauthor]

Ukrainian gymnast Lilia Podkopayeva receives one of her gold medals at the 1996 Olympics.

Podkopayeva entered the Atlanta Games as the reigning World Champion and finished with two Olympic golds (for the All-Around and Floor Exercise) and one silver (for Balance Beam).

Ukraine topped the gymnastics medal table in 1996.

[mypastnow]

[solestella]

[kral-adams]

1968 Chevrolet Camaro 💙

[radracer]

Datsun 240z s30

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[vegaduke]

1967 Chevrolet Impala SS