Paul and Glenn are back for another fun and entertaining, bumper episode. This week we will discuss some of the well-known Iconic Sporting photos taken over the years from a wide range of sports from different photographers. Some of what will be discussed include:
- A legendary American photographer who developed a passion for the camera from an early age and took what is without doubt the most famous sporting photo of all-time.
- A well-known photo taken at the Sydney Cricket Ground in the early 1970’s.
- A photo taken at the 1999 Women’s football World cup known as “the bra photo”.
- The “Hand of God”, photo.
- Well-known Australian sporting photos e.g., The Rugby League Gladiators, Cathy Freeman at the Sydney 2000 Olympics, Gordan Tallis and Terry Hill face to face, Brett Lee and Andrew Flintoff Ashes photo.
- 100m final at 1896 Olympics, Phar Lap’s last race
- Usain Bolt, The One-handed catch, the Black Power salute.
- The oldest sports photo ever taken.
- Bobby Orr’s famous dive and Roger Bannister breaking the 4-minute mile.
- Tiger Woods at the Masters
- Bobby Moore and Pele.
- Eddie Gaedel
- Famous Aussie Rules marks eg, Alex Jazalenko and Leo Barry.
- The Tied Test 1960,
- Nicky Winmar and his stand against racism.
- Ian Thorpe’s false start,
- Don Bradman,
We give our Claps and Slaps for the week, and have our regular Quiz segment, where are they Now? and this week it is a “What happens next?”. Glenn finishes off the show with a crackin joke.
Iconic Sporting Photos sources
1. Stadium talk.com ‘greatest sports photos of all time’ by ross kelly, 26/10/23.
2. one37pm.com ‘the 15 most iconic sports photos of all-time’, by justin cohen, 7/11/23.
3. The guardian.com ‘the joy of sic:iconic sports photos’, by barry glendenning, 23/10/2015.
4. The guardian.com ‘the joy of six:australian sport’s ;most memorable photographs’, by russell jackson, 12/3/2014.
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970%E2%80%9371_Ashes_series
6. Australia versus England. An illustrated history of every test match since 1877. By David Firth, 2007. Viking/Penquin Books.
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Gaedel
8. The culturetrip.org ‘10 most iconic sports photographs in history’, by michael LoRe, 16/10/2018.
9. Great australian sporting moments. Michael roberts. 2008. The miegunyah press.
10. Muhammad Ali. the eye-witness story of a boxing legend, by alan goldstein.2000, carlton books ltd.
11. Spirit of the ashes, by jack egan, 2006. Wilkinson publishing pty ltd.
12. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Norman
13. The olympics: athens to athens 1896-2004. Weidenfelf and nicholson. Produced by the Olympic Museum, Lausanne. The orion publishing group.
14. https://neilleifer.com/pages/biography
15. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Leifer
16. foxsports.com ‘when muhammad ali knocked out sonny liston: the story behind the most famous image in sport’, by chris rattue, NZ herald from news.com.au, 27/5/2020.
17. Google, arts and culture.com ‘the art of sports photography:from prints to images (1835-2017). By the olympic museum. Lausanne, switzerland.
18. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strip_photography
19. https://aboutphotography.blog/photographer/neil-leifer
20. taschen.com ‘neil leifer. Boxing. 60 years of fights and fighters’, neil leifer, published january 2021.
21. photofocus.com ‘on photography:neil leifer, 1942-present’, by kevin ames, 18/9/2022.
22. Time ‘ali vs liston, behind neil leifer’s photograph/100 photos’, red border films.
