Tony Collins (historian)
Tony Collins | |
|---|---|
| Born | Antony Collins Hull, UK |
| Occupation | Historian, lecturer |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | British |
| Subject | Sports history (esp. rugby football), Social history (esp. class) |
| Website | |
| tcollins.org | |
Tony Collins is a British sports and social historian and author specialising in Northern England and rugby football.[1][2]
Collins is a Professor of history and the Director of the International Centre for Sports History and Culture at De Montfort University.[3] He also acts as a historical consultant to the Rugby Football League. Collins has been described as rugby league football's "leading historian".[4] He has produced a range of material on the history of sports and the social contexts of events; as well as rugby league, Collins has written about rugby union.[2]
Collins has three times been awarded the Lord Aberdare Literary Prize for Sports History book of the year[3] his books, Rugby's Great Split, Rugby League in Twentieth Century Britain and A Social History of English Rugby Union, winning in 1999, 2007 and 2010 respectively.
Bibliography
- Monographs
How Football Began: A Global History of How the World's Football Codes Were Born (2018), Routledge, .mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
ISBN 9781138038745
Sport in Capitalist Society (2013), Routledge,
ISBN 978-0-415-813556
A Social History of English Rugby Union (2009), Routledge,
ISBN 978-0-415-47660-7[5]
Rugby League in Twentieth Century Britain (2006), Routledge,
ISBN 978-0-415-39615-8[6]
Rugby's Great Split (2nd Revised Edition) (2006), Routledge,
ISBN 978-0-415-39617-2[7]
Mud, Sweat and Beers: A Cultural History of Sport and Alcohol (written with Wray Vamplew) (2002), Berg,
ISBN 1-85973-558-4[8]
Rugby's Great Split (1998), Frank Cass,
ISBN 0-7146-4354-8[9]
- Essay Collections
1895 And All That (2009), Scratching Shed Publishing,
ISBN 978-0-9560075-9-9[10]
- Edited books
Encyclopedia of traditional British rural sports (edited with John Martin and Wray Vamplew) (2005), Routledge,
ISBN 0-415-35224-X[11]
The Glory of their Times: crossing the colour line in rugby league (edited with Phil Melling) (2004), Vertical,
ISBN 978-1-904091-07-3
- Lectures
’Ahr Waggy’ : Harold Wagstaff and the making of Anglo-Australian rugby league culture (2003), 5th Annual Tom Brock Lecture,
ISBN 0-7334-2154-7[12]
References
^ Redfern, Simon (5 April 2009). "Sports Book of the Week: A Social History of English Rugby Union, by Tony Collins". The Independent. Archived from the original on 23 April 2010. Retrieved 24 April 2010.
^ ab Harris, John (11 June 2009). "A Social History of English Rugby Union". Times Higher Education. Archived from the original on 23 April 2010. Retrieved 24 April 2010.
^ ab Bridge, Bill (20 February 2009). "Collins has tackled the origins of rugby's great divide head-on". Yorkshire Post. Archived from the original on 23 April 2010. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
^ Richards, Huw (6 May 2010). "Rugby league reaches out". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 30 January 2011. Retrieved 15 May 2010.
^ "Rugby League in twentieth century Britain : a social and cultural history / Tony Collins". British Library. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
^ "Rugby's great split : class, culture and the origins of rugby league football / Tony Collins". British Library. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
^ "Mud, sweat and beers : a cultural history of sport and alcohol / Tony Collins and Wray Vamplew". British Library. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
^ "Rugby's great split : class, culture and the origins of Rugby League football / Tony Collins". British Library. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
^ Richards, Huw (12 December 2009). "Christmas books: sport". The Gear. The Guardian. Archived from the original on 23 April 2010. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
^ "Encyclopedia of traditional British rural sports / edited by Tony Collins, John Martin, and Wray Vamplew". British Library. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
^ "'Ahr Waggy' : Harold Wagstaff and the making of Anglo-Australian rugby league culture / Tony Collins". British Library. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
External links
tcollins.org, personal website of Tony Collins
rugbyreloaded.com, a blog about rugby football written by Tony Collins
1895 & all that .... the Past, Present & Future of Rugby., lecture delivered by Tony Collins, 29 August 2007.
