An Athletics Compendium

B 164 - 172 biographies & Autobiographies 164 Olympic revolution: the Olympbiicography ofJuan Antonio Samaranch / David MiRllerv.. ed. London; Pavilion, 1994. 284p; illus; index; pbk ISBN: 1-85793-403-2 BL:YC.1995.b.3101 The revised edition contains additional material referring to the selectioonf Sydney forthe Summer Games of 2000 and the re-election of Samaranch for a further term. ^ Previous ed. B163 Sanderson, Tessa 165 Tessa: my lifein athletics / with LeoHnickman. London: Willow, 1986. ISlp; illus ISBN: 0-00-218211-4 BL:YC.1986.a.4222 The career record is considerably more detailed than those normally found in biographies. Tessa was the Olympic javelin champion (1954) andone of Britain's most durable athletes. Sharpies, Madge 166 'Marathon Madge' / Madge Sharpies. Hyde: MRG, 1989. vi, 127p; illus; pbk ISBN: 0-951457-50-0 BL:YK.1991.a.9249 The first London Marathon, held on 29 Marchig&l, threw up one of the most enduring 'characters' in Madge Sharpies. Then aged 64, she had started running only in 1975, but by 198-9 had completed 47 marathon races. Sheridan, Martin 167 The Martin Sheridan sto/ry researchers: Bernadine Malee, Patrick Bolton; editing committee: Anne Mulroy and others. Bohola, Co. Mayo: 1998? xvi, 114p; illus, map; pbk Biography of the Irish-borUnS policeman who won five Olympic gold medals, three silver and a bronze in throwing and jumping events inthe Gamesof 1904, 1906 and 1906. Snell, Peter 168 No bugles, no drums / Peter Snell and Gailrmthour. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1965. 240p; illus BL: X.449/1798 An account otfhe life of the 196O4lympic SOOrn and 1500m goldmedal winner. Snell,under the tutelage of coach Arthur Lydiard, revolutionised world middle distance training in the 1960s. Stephen, Leslie 169 The life and lettersof Leslie Stephen / Frederic William Maitland. London: Duckworth, 1906. viii, 51Op BL: 2408.g.l This book is included for its short, but historically significant, references to athleticsat Cambridgein the lateISSOs. Stephenw, ho was best known acsritic, editor of the Dictionary of National Biography, and father ofVirginia Woolf, was a fine athlete and, as a junior tutor, wotnhe Universitymile and two miles in 1560. Hwe as one of the principal forces behind the foundation of the Oxford and Cambridge Sports, in 1864: 'Then with the development of athlestpiocrts, in the more technical sense ofthe term,Stephen had much to do. hIave not investigated the antiquities of this subject anmdust give whaIt am told with some reserve. "Ialmostthink," says one hoifs pupils, "that Leslie Stephen might have claimed to be the founder of athletic sports. waIst in Harry Hughes's large room that they begaand received their impetus frotmhe energy of Stephen. The sports were at first very primitive and rough, evecnondescending to foolish and absurd antics. ThenI , think, something was done on Parker's Piece, and then Fenner's ground was the scene, with Stephen winntinhge two miles race." ' Tarrant, John 170 The ghost runner: the autobiography of John Tarrant (1932-1975) / editedby Mel Watman; foreword by Christopher W. Brasher. Rochester: Athletics Weekly, 1979. viii, 120p; illus; pbk ISBN: 0-9506810-0-8 Having received a mere £17 for taking part in eight unlicensed boxing bouts before reaching the age of twenty, Tarrant was prevented thereafter from competing internationally as a runntheor,ugh he was reinstated as an 'amateur' for domestic athletics competition. This posthumously published auto­ biography recounts in moving detail his struggle against thaethletics establishmeantd an evenmore desperate one against stomach cancer. Taylor, Philip 171 Judith's run/ Philip Taylor. Blackburn: The author, 1994. The story of a Bob Graham Round run undertaken after the author's close friend, Judith, had died. Thompson, Daley 172 One is mylucky number / Daley Thompson; with photographs by Jorge Lewinski and Eamonn McCabe. London: Allen, 1980. lOOp; illus; pbk ISBN: 0-491-02820-2 BL: X.622/7254 Aimed at the younger reader, this was the first biography ofthe future multipwleorld record breaker [58]