The First Eagle Sports Annual was packed with articles on a wide range of sports as can be seen by the
comprehensive contents list below. The annual is a selection of illustrated articles and photographic sequences, all in black and white.
Original Price : Unknown
Published by : Hulton Press Ltd in 1952
Edited by : Patsy Hendren / E. McDonald Bailey / W. Barrington Dalby / Jack Crayston / Bagenal Harvey / Kenneth Wheeler
Dimensions : 21cm x 26.5cm with 156 pages.
Selected highlights:
- Cycle Speedway - the Split-second Sport for Boys
- See the Oxford Boat Race team - they nearly all seem to be British !
- Black eyes are expected when you play Ice Hockey with neither masks nor helmets
- Learn shot-by-shot tennis techniques in sequences of photographs
| Contents | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Picture Features are in Heavy Type | |||
| Page | 4 | Introduction | by the Rev. Marcus Morris |
| 5 | Meet the Stars of Sport | by Kenneth Wheeler | |
| 10 | Their Finest Hour | by Walley Barnes | |
| 12 | How to Become a Football Star | by Jack Crayston | |
| 15 | Take a Tip from the Arsenal Stars | ||
| 16 | The Right way to Head a Ball | by Ray Daniel | |
| 17 | Your Favourite Footballers | ||
| 20 | Soccer Around the World | by Stanley Matthews | |
| 24 | The Brighter Side of Soccer | by James Audsley | |
| 26 | The Amateurs and Their Cup | by 'Nomad' | |
| 156 | Soccer Milestones | ||
| 28 | Rugby is a Boy's Game | by W.A. Cunningham | |
| 32 | The Rugby League Game | by W. Fallowfield | |
| 34 | Rugby Milestones | ||
| 35 | Rugby - The Two Codes | ||
| 36 | How to Keep Wicket | by Godfrey Evans | |
| 37 | Godfrey Evans in Action | ||
| 46 | Cricket Milestones | ||
| 47 | Cricket is Fun | by Patsy Hendren | |
| 52 | Owt from Nowt | by Len Hutton | |
| 54 | Cricket Stories | ||
| 55 | Bowling 'Em Out | by Alec and Eric Bedser | |
| 58 | Two Big Hitters | ||
| 59 | Alec Bedser in Action | ||
| 60 | Roy Ankarah | ||
| 61 | Roy Ankarah - The Black Flash | by W. Barrington Dalby | |
| 62 | Boxing is My Game | by W. Barrington Dalby | |
| Contents (contd.) | |||
| Page | 71 | How to Get More Fun out of Swimming | by George Fryer |
| 77 | How Swimming Champions Train | ||
| 79 | Water Polo | ||
| 80 | A Perfect Swallow Dive | ||
| 81 | Why not Learn to Dive? | by Harold Dixon | |
| 83 | Play Tennis and see the World | by Geoff Paish | |
| 88 | How to Play Squash | by E. Meyer | |
| 89 | Squash without a Court | ||
| 92 | Table Tennis | by Johnny Leach | |
| 98 | How to Play Better Table Tennis | by Johnny Leach | |
| 119 | Attack in Tennis | by Geoff Paish | |
| 39 | Middle Distance | by Arthur Wint | |
| 40 | Getting a Good Start | by E. McDonald Bailey | |
| 41 | Running to Win | by E. McDonald Bailey | |
| 44 | Strange But True | by James Audsley | |
| 90 | I'll Never Forget These Races | by E. McDonald Bailey | |
| 147 | The Way to the Top in Athletics | by Ernest Campion | |
| 94 | The World's Most Thrilling Race | by 'Manx' | |
| 97 | Motor Racing Thrills | ||
| 100 | Speedway Stars | ||
| 101 | Speedway's Silver Anniversary | by Kenneth Wheeler | |
| 106 | Life with the Lions | by R. Samuel | |
| 109 | Motor Racing Thrills | by Gerry Bradshaw | |
| 114 | Cycle Speedway | by Graham Payne | |
| 117 | Cycle Speedway | ||
| 117 | Life with the Lions | ||
| 118 | More Motor Racing Thrills | ||
| 122 | How Oxford Won the Boat Race | ||
| 123 | How Oxford Won the Boat Race | by Adrian Stokes | |
| 127 | Sport in the Country | by Bruce Leslie | |
| 133 | Ice Skate and Keep Fit | by Roy Brookes | |
| 135 | I've Got Ice Fever | by Chick Zamick | |
| 139 | Ice Hockey | ||
| 140 | How to Ride | by Major E. Walker | |
| 143 | A Man and His Horse | by Gerry Elliott | |
| 145 | Focus on the World's Greatest Horse Races | ||
| 142 | Basketball | ||
| 150 | Basketball - the Sport with a Future | by W. Browning | |
| 152 | Wrestling - Oldest and Newest Sport | by Graham Guthrie | |
| 153 | The Challenge of the Foil | by Mary Glen Haig | |
| 18, 19 | Can You Spot the Sportsmen? | ||
| 38 | Favourite Sportsmen | ||
| 91 | Do You Know Your Sport? | ||
| 155 | Answers to Quizes | ||