Tony Collins
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| Tony Collins | |
|---|---|
| Born | Anthony Collins |
| Occupation | Historian, lecturer |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | British |
| Subjects | Rugby league, sports history |
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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 social history at Leeds Metropolitan 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.
[edit] Bibliography
- Monographs
- A Social History of English Rugby Union (2009), Routledge, ISBN 978-0415476607[5]
- Rugby League in Twentieth Century Britain (2006), Routledge, ISBN 9780415396158[6]
- Rugby’s Great Split (2nd Revised Edition) (2006), Routledge, ISBN 9780415396172[7]
- Mud, Sweat and Beers: A Cultural History of Sport and Alcohol (written with Wray Vamplew) (2002), Berg, ISBN 1859735584[8]
- Rugby’s Great Split (1998), Frank Cass, ISBN 0714643548[9]
- Essay Collections
- 1895 And All That (2009), Scratching Shed Publishing, ISBN 978-0956007599[10]
- Edited books
- Encyclopedia of traditional British rural sports (edited with John Martin and Wray Vamplew) (2005), Routledge, ISBN 041535224X[11]
- The Glory of their Times: crossing the colour line in rugby league (edited with Phil Melling) (2004), Vertical, ISBN 978-1904091073
- Lectures
- ’Ahr Waggy’ : Harold Wagstaff and the making of Anglo-Australian rugby league culture (2003), 5th Annual Tom Brock Lecture, ISBN 0733421547[12]
[edit] External links
- tcollins.org, personal website of Tony Collins
- rugbyreloaded.com, a blog about rugby football written by Tony Collins
[edit] References
- ↑ Redfern, Simon (2009-04-05). "Sports Book of the Week: A Social History of English Rugby Union, by Tony Collins". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2010-04-23. http://www.webcitation.org/5pDT2zvYC. Retrieved 24 April 2010.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Harris, John (2009-06-11). "A Social History of English Rugby Union". Times Higher Education. Archived from the original on 2010-04-23. http://www.webcitation.org/5pDUKXVe8. Retrieved 24 April 2010.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Bridge, Bill (2009-02-20). "Collins has tackled the origins of rugby's great divide head-on". Yorkshire Post. Archived from the original on 2010-04-23. http://www.webcitation.org/5pDQss9R2. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
- ↑ Richards, Huw (2010-05-06). "Rugby league reaches out". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 2011-01-30. http://www.webcitation.org/5w8GHST51. Retrieved 15 May 2010.
- ↑ "Rugby League in twentieth century Britain : a social and cultural history / Tony Collins". British Library. http://catalogue.bl.uk/F/L3YPVI8UULG3CST5JVBQSBGGI84IJ595Q9IPBFRHF68UQ3CIL2-44779?func=full-set-set&set_number=144173&set_entry=000168&format=999. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
- ↑ "Rugby’s great split : class, culture and the origins of rugby league football / Tony Collins.". British Library. http://catalogue.bl.uk/F/L3YPVI8UULG3CST5JVBQSBGGI84IJ595Q9IPBFRHF68UQ3CIL2-31174?func=full-set-set&set_number=144173&set_entry=000172&format=999. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
- ↑ "Mud, sweat and beers : a cultural history of sport and alcohol / Tony Collins and Wray Vamplew.". British Library. http://catalogue.bl.uk/F/L3YPVI8UULG3CST5JVBQSBGGI84IJ595Q9IPBFRHF68UQ3CIL2-41671?func=full-set-set&set_number=146430&set_entry=000001&format=999. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
- ↑ "Rugby’s great split : class, culture and the origins of Rugby League football / Tony Collins.". British Library. http://catalogue.bl.uk/F/L3YPVI8UULG3CST5JVBQSBGGI84IJ595Q9IPBFRHF68UQ3CIL2-32831?func=full-set-set&set_number=144173&set_entry=000170&format=999. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
- ↑ Richards, Huw (2009-12-12). "Christmas books: sport". The Gear. The Guardian. Archived from the original on 2010-04-23. http://www.webcitation.org/5pDSF3wMo. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
- ↑ "Encyclopedia of traditional British rural sports / edited by Tony Collins, John Martin, and Wray Vamplew.". British Library. http://catalogue.bl.uk/F/L3YPVI8UULG3CST5JVBQSBGGI84IJ595Q9IPBFRHF68UQ3CIL2-47857?func=full-set-set&set_number=146643&set_entry=000006&format=999. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
- ↑ "’Ahr Waggy’ : Harold Wagstaff and the making of Anglo-Australian rugby league culture / Tony Collins.". British Library. http://catalogue.bl.uk/F/L3YPVI8UULG3CST5JVBQSBGGI84IJ595Q9IPBFRHF68UQ3CIL2-47835?func=full-set-set&set_number=146643&set_entry=000001&format=999. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
