December 17, 2015
February 21, 2014
Sven Tumba
Posted by Martin Klasch
Labels: board games, game, icehockey, olympic games, sport, Sven Tumba, Sweden, swedish, swedish sports icon
January 5, 2013
Fuchs
Posted by Martin Klasch
Labels: illustration, sport
July 19, 2011
Motorcycling is the act of riding a motorcycle
Posted by Martin Klasch
Labels: bikers, Ephemera, graphic design, hedemora, Motorcycles, speedway, sport, swedish
January 6, 2011
Vintage Animation: Bandy
A sequence from a vintage (probably early 1960s) intro to Swedish sport news show called Sportspegeln depicting a bandy player. (updated Jan 7 with extended version)
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Posted by Martin Klasch
Labels: animation, bandy, gif animation, my own gif animations, sport, vintage
March 17, 2010
Magazine Covers: Bandy
"A "bandy briefcase" is the classic accessory for spectating - it is typically made of brown leather, well worn and contain a warm drink in a thermos and/or a bottle of liquor. Bandy is most often played at outdoor arenas during winter time, so the need for spectators to carry flask or thermoses of 'warming' liquid is a natural effect."
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MrJ knows everything worth knowing about bandy, it isn't much and he only knows it in Swedish.
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Posted by Martin Klasch
Labels: 1950s, bandy, magazine covers, sport, swedish
December 28, 2009
Vintage Animation: Sportspegeln
July 15, 2009
Sport: Ingemar Stenmark
If you are a sports fan you have probably heard of Swedish tennis legend Björn Borg - at least if you are about my age (40). Before Sampras and that Swiss guy many considered him to be the best player ever. He is also said to be the first "rockstar" of tennis.
So you know Bjorn, but do you know the guy in the picture above? If you are a Swede you know. If you are a sports fan from a country where alpine sports are big and if you are about my age you might know.
He is the second Swedish sports superstar of the same era (roughly the mid 1970s to the mid 1980s). He is Ingemar Stenmark - winner in 86 races in the Alpine Skiing World Cup, three times winner of the Overall World Cup title, 8 times winner of the Giant Slalom Cup, 8 times winner of the Slalom Cup, five times Olympic gold medalist... and he didn't do downhill, combined or Super-G. It is said that World Cup rules were changed and Super-G added as a discipline because of Stenmarks dominance. True? Maybe, maybe not.
Unlike Borg Ingemar wasn't the "rockstar" type of sportsman, he was - and I guess is - a shy man who didn't like the media attention. We all got used to his taciturn interviews on the telly. He didn't want to talk about the sport, he wanted to ski and ski well. The Swedes loved him even more for his ways and his northern characteristic dialect.
Many races took place on work/schooldays, with the first run in the morning and the second in the afternoons and in workplaces and schools everything came to a halt. TV sets were rolled into the classrooms and in tense expectation we all followed Ingemar's runs, cheering him on.
And then, in the schoolyards, the kids wore the specially knitted Stenmark-cap talking about Ingemar. We all knew the names of his fiercest competitors; the Mahre brothers, Thöni, Gros, Girardelli, Wenzel, Heidegger, Hemmi, Popangelov, Zurbriggen...
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This list says something: List of Alpine skiing World Cup race winners - Men
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Posted by Martin Klasch
Labels: 1970s, 1980s, alpine skiing, ingemar stenmark, slalom, sport, Sweden, swedish, swedish sports icon
Sport: The Enigmatic BJorn “Ice Borg”
Björn Borg and John McEnroe in 1980.
The Selvedge Yard: True Wimbledon Legend | The Enigmatic BJorn “Ice Borg”
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Posted by Martin Klasch
Labels: 1970s, 1980s, björn borg, sport, swedish, swedish sports icon, tennis, wimbledon
April 7, 2009
January 31, 2009
November 30, 2008
Book Design: Los Tigres Del Ring
Read all about it at Deadlicious: Los Tigres del Ring - Jimmy Pantera
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Posted by Martin Klasch
Labels: Book, book design, deadlicious, lucha libre, luchador, mexico, sport, wrestler, wrestling
November 5, 2008
September 22, 2008
Vintage Design: Cycling Board Games
Posted by Martin Klasch
Labels: bike, board games, cycling, game parts, graphic design, sport, vintage, vintage design
August 17, 2008
Ephemera: Berlin Olympics 1936
As you all know Berlin hosted the Olympics in 1936. This image shows some of the programs, brochures, tickets etc which the Swedish couple Algot and Amanda Gunnarsson brought home with them after visiting Berlin during the games.
In the National Archives and the regional state archives of Sweden
June 2, 2007
Art: Rock 'n' Roll and Baseball
A creative meeting between music and sport artfully arranged by Glyphjockey.
Check it out.
Posted by Martin Klasch
Labels: art, baseball, GlyphJockey, Lennon, music, Rock 'n' roll, sport
January 9, 2006
Sport: Gunhild Larking
Kajsa Bergqvist and Emma Green are great high jumpers but I'd take Gunhild Larking any day. Gunhild Larking was Swedish champion 1952-1956 and came 4th in the women's high jump in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. She was probably more photographed than the winner. Who won anyway and who cares?
Solve the Gunhild jigsaw puzzle.
Thanks to Uffe Sundell who posted this photo in argument with those who think sport is all about appearance now and not before. Gunhild was surely an exception but anyway...
October 13, 2005
Sport Posters
Iceborg?
Sport Posters
Via Josephzohn
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Posted by Martin Klasch
Labels: posters, sport, sport posters
August 13, 2005
Winkler Collection of Boxing Photographs
"The Harry E. Winkler Photographic Collection includes more than 7,500 different boxing related images in various formats. Winkler was a longtime Los Angeles area fight figure and California correspondent for The Ring magazine from 1939 to 1953."
"What follows is an index to digital images of a representative selection of Winkler Collection portrait negatives."
Winkler Collection of Boxing Photographs
Via Cynical-C blog
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Posted by Martin Klasch
Labels: age, Black and White photos, Boxing, photos, sport, vintage photos, Winkler Collection