Eagle Sports Annual 1962 is introduced by Clifford Makins saying that it's ten years since the
first Eagle Sports Annual. Man is in outer space and whole new worlds open up to challenge our natural
urge for adventure and conquest. Stirring stuff !
Original Price : 8s 6d (42½p)
Published by : Longacre Press Ltd in 1961
Dimensions : 19cm x 25.5cm with 128 pages.
Selected highlights:
- Lots of "On the Spot:"
- Review of the past favourites
- Looping the loop - not in a plane, but playing table tennis
- Read all about odd things that happen in sport
| CONTENTS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Page 4 | Introduction | by Clifford Makins |
| 5 | Highlights | by Kenneth Wheeler |
| 15 | Ten Years of Favourite Sportsmen: | |
| 16 | Bobby Charlton | by Johnny Haynes |
| 18 | Randolph Turpin | by W. Barrington-Dalby |
| 20 | Stanley Matthews | by Jimmy Armfield |
| 22 | Roger Bannister and Chris Chataway | by Peter Hildreth |
| 24 | Peter May | by Freddie Trueman |
| 26 | Stirling Moss | by Innes Ireland |
| 28 | On the Spot: Bobby Charlton | |
| 30 | Great Test Finishes | by John Arlott |
| 36 | On the Spot: Freddie Trueman | |
| 38 | On the Spot: Johnny Haynes | |
| 40 | Eagler Alan meets the Stars | |
| 45 | Tour de France | by Philip Connor |
| 51 | Picture Quiz | |
| 54 | Picture Quiz Answers | |
| 55 | My World Cricket XI | by the Eagle All-Star Cricket Team |
| 58 | Cricket in 1970 | by Kenneth Wheeler |
| 64 | Two Cricket Captains | by Gordon Jeffrey |
| 66 | On the Spot: Don Thompson | |
| 71 | Follow the Spurs to Fame | by Jimmy Hill |
| 76 | On the Spot: Denis Law | |
| 78 | Success on Sports Day | by June Paul |
| 83 | On the Spot: Brian Statham | |
| 85 | Rugger's Flying Squad | by W. F. Barling |
| 92 | Focus on Gymnastics | |
| 94 | Behind the Scenes of Motor Racing | by Peter Roberts |
| 99 | On the Spot: Innes Ireland | |
| 101 | Tennis Superman | by Emlyn Jones |
| 106 | On the Spot: John Surtees | |
| 108 | Hats off to 11,000 Young Britons | by Kenneth Wheeler |
| 113 | Looping the Loop | by Johnny Leach |
| 115 | Strange Happenings in Sport | by Austin Edwards |
| 122 | King of the Stock-Cars | by Clive Limpkin |
| 126 | Focus on Lawn Tennis | |