#althetics

[leatherpearlslace]

Valarie Allman wins back-to-back Olympic gold medals in discus in Paris, France, 2024.

[princetonarchives]

On April 8, 1970, Helena Novakova, a visiting lecturer in Slavic languages and literatures who had already taught two courses at Princeton University, filled out a transfer application in the registrar’s office. She was accepted as a junior Russian major in the Class of 1972, which enabled her to renew her visa and stay in the United States. It remained unsafe to return to Czechoslovakia following the Russian invasion. As a Princeton student, Novakova was captain of the undefeated women’s tennis team. She is shown here (left) with coach Eve Craft, ca. 1972.

Undergraduate Alumni Records (AC199)

[auroralightsup]

LET THEM SHOW THEIR ATHLETICISM

[hautehan]

“Irina Gets Sporty” for Vogue Japan, March 2017. 

Irina Shayk by Luigi Murenu & Iango Henzi. 

[letsgorunning]

Anouk Vetter, Nadine Visser and Nadine Broersen Rio 2016... via http://olympic88.tumblr.com/post/178745534338

[dramioneasks]

Is there anything remotely connected to the olympics?

The author was inspired by the Olympics for this:

On my way By: Hogwarts-mania - K+, 24 chapters - Hermione wanted more than anything to be a gymnast. In order to compete she has to have a coach. What happens when her coach is none other than Draco Malfoy.Of course she falls for him, but what happens along the way?….

- Lisa

[princetonarchives]

Friends and rivals in so many ways, here’s a selection of ephemera related to the connections between Yale and Princeton.

1. Yale-Princeton polo program, June 18, 1892. Scrapbook Collection (AC026), Box 194.

2. Cover of the menu for the Yale-Princeton Banquet, December 6, 1895. This supper was given at the Princeton Inn immediately following the Yale-Princeton debate. At the meal, diners toasted Yale, Princeton, collegiate literary work, and intercollegiate contests. Historical Subject Files (AC109), Box 343, Folder 3.

3. Princeton-Yale baseball program, June 7, 1913. Princeton University Athletic Programs Collection (AC042), Box 14, Folder 1.

4. Yale-Princeton musical clubs concert program, November 14, 1924. Historical Subject Files (AC109), Box 193, Folder 11.

5. Ticket to the Yale-Princeton football game, November 12, 1932.  Historical Subject Files (AC109), Box 143, Folder 4,

6. Princeton-Yale hockey program, February 20, 1965.  1971. Athletic Programs Collection (AC042), Box 15.

7. Princeton-Yale football program, November 13, 1971. Athletic Programs Collection (AC042), Box 8, Folder 5.

8. Jaws-style “PAWS” cartoon from the Daily Princetonian, September 9, 1975.

9. Princeton and Yale’s mascots together, November 1979. Photo from 1980 Bric-a-Brac.

10. Tiger mobile drawing (see the real thing pictured here) with the Yale bulldog in its stomach, 1996. Historical Photograph Collection, Campus Life Series (AC112), Box MP169, Image No. 6064.

[princetonarchives]

 Long before coeducation, women often showed up in Princeton-related artwork. We see them in drawings throughout time, but we find them particularly often ca. 1890s-1910s. In the first decade of the 20th century, this imagery was popular on sports-themed postcards. Here are a few examples: 1. Drawing of a woman sitting under a tree while looking toward a man holding a tennis racket, 1892. Image from 1892 Bric-a-Brac. 

2. Sheet music for “Just for Princeton” by L. Irfing Reichner and Reese Cassard, 1897. The song praises women who are loyal to Princeton (i.e., “Just for Princeton”) above other schools. Princeton Music Collection (AC056), Box 10.

3. Drawing of a woman holding a football and wearing a Princeton sweater, ca. 1890s. Princeton Artwork Collection (AC376), Box 2.

4. Drawing of Pocahontas surrounded by men on the program for Princeton University Triangle Club’s 1898 production of “Pocahontas.” Triangle Club Records (AC122), Box 1, Folder 8.

5. Drawing of women watching a baseball game, 1898. Image from 1898 Bric-a-Brac.

6. Joseph Tetlow postcard showing women playing basketball under a Princeton University banner, 1903. (The “P” is faded.) Historical Postcard Collection (AC045), Box 4.

7. F. Earl Christy postcard showing a woman waving a Princeton banner, ca. 1905. Historical Postcard Collection (AC045), Box 4.

8. F. Earl Christy postcard showing a woman waving a Princeton banner while sitting on a giant football with a football player, 1908. Historical Postcard Collection (AC045), Box 4.

9. The Princeton University postcard in the “College Queens” series by Raphael Tuck & Sons, ca. 1909. Historical Postcard Collection (AC045), Box 4. 10. Christie Whiteman postcard with a woman wearing a hat inside a “P” for Princeton, 1911. Historical Postcard Collection (AC045), Box 1.