Photo Sharing Theme of the Week: Sports

Question

This week's photo sharing theme: Sports.

To participate, simply:

1. Choose a family photo that fits this week's theme.
2. Add it to this week's free-space gallery.
3. Reply with an answer below to let us know which photo you're sharing. If you want to include the photo but don't know how, click here.

The photo you share might be featured on the WikiTree home page and in our social media channels as next week's Family History Photo of the Week.

If you use a social network (Facebook, Instagram, etc.) you might want to share your photo there as well. This can be a great way to involve more family members. Many people love seeing old family photos. Be sure to add #52weeksofphotos and #wikitree to your post.

Also see: Profile Accuracy Theme of the Week: Favorite Photo.

Comments

No photo, but did you notice the recent Google Doodle for James Naismith, inventor of basketball?

Answer 1

This is a photo taken in 1937-38 of my Uncle Scott Marvin Jr., far left, and his friends. This is not just a sport for these teenage boys. This is during the depression, and they are very proud that they are able to provide food for their families, as times were hard in western Oklahoma.

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Another amazing photo sweet Alexis wow you must have tons of photos.

Thank you for sharing this wonderful photo

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Thank you Susan for your nice comment. Yes, I have a bunch of photos, but I need to have many of them better organized.

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Thank you, Alexis, for another wonderful photo. It's perfect that they could enjoy themselves, and at the same time come home with dinner. This was more than sport. What is is that they have shot -- ducks?

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Thank you Robin, they look a little big for ducks, so they are probably geese.

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I'm not a hunter so, are those Quail or Chukkar?

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Thank you for your good comment Scott, I am no hunter either. I do know most of the hunting here in Oklahoma is for doves, quail and geese. These birds are too big to be doves or quail. They could be large ducks, but chances are that they are wild geese.

Answer 2

My father liked to ice fish. Usually he caught enough tasty fish to make a good meal, but on this day he caught a record breaker. As I recall, he did not eat it after posing for this picture, but took it to a taxidermist and had it stuffed.

Comments

Wow! That's quite a fish! Thanks for sharing this photo, Joyce.

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Cool photo.

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I did some fishing before I retired. Ha! Can't believe I just said that!  Shouldn't it be the other way around?  Nice Lake Trout!

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I can't let the Year of Accuracy go by without telling you that it was a Northern Pike  45 inches long and weighing 24 pounds. It was the largest ever caught in Pontoosuc Lake. The largest one anywhere was caught in Germany and weighed 55 pounds.

Answer 3

My husband, David, started surfing in 1961 when he was 13 years old. It became a large part of his life for over 50 years. We almost always spent at least one day a week at the beach until he was well into his 60s, when he had to give it up due to health issues. We still live on the coast and visit the ocean often.

This photo was taken in 2008 at Seaside State Beach in Monterey, California.

Comments

Thank you Robin for sharing such a beautiful photo of your husband. That is amazing that he was able to surf for 50 years.

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Thank you, Alexis. He would still be surfing at 73, if he could. He still has all of his equipment.

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Aloha from Hawai'i! Thank you for sharing. Seaside in Monterey is a good break. I'm 69 and still surfing. I can see waves right now outside the lanai window.

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Glad to hear you're still surfing! Catch a wave for David. We lived in the Monterey area for 20 years, so that was a familiar break. But David's favorite place to surf was at El Capitan, just north of Santa Barbara.

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Cool pic!  Quite a skill to balance one's self on a rolling wave.  I tried it in the early 60's at Huntington Beach, Ca., sliced my belly with the skeg real good and carried the scar for years...I switched to tennis!

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Ewww! Not fun... But had you done that after you got hooked on surfing, you probably would have lamented missing some waves. I'm always surprised, not being a surfer myself, what those folks will endure to get into the water.

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How true! My brother-in-law was a life long surfer dude, he switched to knee boarding, on the big waves, shooting the tube, in his wet suit, getting up and paddling out in the dark!  Brave soul?

Answer 4

Still trying to find out which degree of cousin he is, but Charlie June Truslow played semi-professional baseball in the late 1800s - early 1900s

Comments

Love the photo, Dorothy! Thank you for sharing it!

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I'd say at the time of this photo, he was playing for the Red Licks It looks that way to me, since he is wearing their uniform?  However, the Red Licks were out of Santa Clara (San Jose) 1903-1905.  The link is to a photo of the team sometime around that period.  Is Duffy there?

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As far as I can tell, he played in IL and IA. According to a Keokuk, IA, news clipping, he played in Chicago from 1897-1899 before moving to IA with the "Dewey Stars" of Quincy, IL.  I don't see anyone who resembles him in the Red Licks photo.  If you or anyone else knows of a site that has info on IL/IA baseball teams from the late 1800s, I'd be most appreciative.

Answer 5

My great-grandfather loved to sail. He was also in the United States Navy for quite a long time. This picture was taken in 1951 on Castle Island in Boston, Massachusetts, about five months after he married my great-grandmother and about 7 months before their first child would be born. Sailing was as much a sport for him as it was a career, and a way of life.

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Thanks so much! So nice to have such a great photo of your great-grandfather!  So do you know if he served in the Korean War?

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Hi Scott!

I think so! I think he was first involved in World War II. My step-great grandfather served in Korea too.

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What's your sailor great grandfather's name?

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Here is his profile! I don’t know why I forgot to include it in my original post... Edward H Hutson

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Hi Raven!  Your great grandfather, Edward H. Hutson served during WWII in the Navy aboard the San Marcos.  He enlisted on 11 Mar 1946. Edward was a S1C (Seaman First Class).

Answer 6

My son's first waterskiing lesson while we were on holiday in France. Staying upright with grim determination!

Comments

Nice shot!  He is doing a great job of keeping the skis together! I learned to water ski when I was 18 on the Bay of Izmit not far from Istanbul.  Such fun!  Thanks!

Answer 7

This photo was taken 1996. It shows my son Christopher Martin Lewerenz at the age of five as goal keeper of the TSV Lüder.

Lüder is a village in the Uelzen county in Lower Saxony, Germany.

Comments

I like this photo. He looks so serious. No way that ball will get past him! Thanks.

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He does have the right look in is eye! Thanks!

Answer 8

My grandpa Jerry Neese's basketball team photo in his 1944 senior yearbook. He went to Otter Creek High School in Terre Haute, Indiana.

Comments

Thank you Jacob for sharing the great photo of your grandfather. That is fortunate that you have his yearbook.

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Not only did he play basketball, but he played center, the toughest and meanest position!  Way to go Bill SnuffBucket!  One great photo to have in your family photo album!  Thanks for sharing!

Answer 9

This is a photo of my husband, who was an all-around athlete, but truly excelled in football. Here is a yearbook photo from his senior year in 1971 at Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio. He was the defensive team captain. In 2009, he was inducted into the CSU Athletic Hall of Fame.

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Thank you Denise for sharing the wonderful yearbook photo of your husband James. I am a football fan, especially the college games.

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He is ''driven'', he is ''controlled'', and he is ''nimble''!  So proud of him for sure!  Thanks!

Answer 10

My Aunt Grace (Dawson-7511) and Uncle Robert Olmsted (Olmsted-1500) enjoyed sailing from Los Angeles California, USA, to Santa Catalina Island, and other places in that area. Here is a picture of their Tahaiti ketch.

Comments

Controlling the wind with multiple sails while steering the craft away from rocks and other boats requires a lot of skill, and to go all the way to Catalina Island?...and how far is that?  Thanks for posting!

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It's around 20 miles or so from LA to Avalon as the crow flies. However, when tacking into the wind, it takes longer than a crow flying. I had a sailboat when I lived in LA but it was not large enough to take to Catalina.

Answer 11

This is my father in law, sometime in the 1950s, he loved to show off his catch!

Comments

Thanks!  You do know that this avid angler really made this catch, right?  You can always tell by the look in their eye when they bring home the goods!  This is a great photo to have in your possession!  Keep it!

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His son says Yes, dad caught those fish.

Answer 12

My photo for this week's challenge features my Mom (on the right) and her sister Lois playing croquet.  The photo is undated but would have to be late 1930's.

Comments

What would we have done without croquet in our lives!  Especially at that age.  Actually, in Japan, there are semi-pro teams that travel around playing the game.  They call it Gate Ball!  My favorite part of the game was knocking my brothers ball a half a mile away...so it seemed at the time!  Thanks

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Thanks, Scott.  I share your favorite part of the game.  My brother and I didn't play often, but it was competitive.

Answer 13

Vic and Christine boating in the park at Lowestoft, Suffolk, England in 1956. (Me with my Dad)

Comments

So much fun in these custom bumper boats..for all ages too!  One day I must get out of here and go to a theme park and have a little fun.  I remember  a park in San Diego that had paddle boats on the lake. Thanks for posting this pic!

Answer 14

My family loves the sport of fishing ... for several years there was an annual trip to Canada ... several of the trips were to Eagle Lake Lodge ... 

Here is a 1990 photo of my son, Jeffery Dale Sims (1972) on the left, ... my brother-in-law,  Larry Harold Davie (1931-2019) on the right ... and myself in the middle ... with the morning catch ... now all we had to do was to clean and eat them!!

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Great memories are made of this..not counting the pan fried lake trout with the fam!  You can't beat that!  Thanks for posting!

Answer 15

John Martin Image 4, Johhny played Cricket from a young age begining with local matches on the Manning River, Taree, NSW, Australia. He played for Australia in his first Test Match 1960/61 against the West Indies in Melbourne. This produced his best performance at test-level, capturing 3 wickets in 4 balls, and scoring 55 runs from 67 balls, allowing the Aussie Team to win by 7 wickets.  He played in 8 Test from 1960 - 1967.  He continued playing for NSW in Sheffield Sheild Cricket for 77 games in the 1969/70 season he scored 997 runs and took 105 wickets.  He was still playing A Grade competion till he was 58 years of age.

Answer 16

My great-grand uncle Gerald Betts on the Army Training Station football team. 1920 Fort Riley, Kansas

Comments

Very cool photo!  Baseball is stilled called our National Sport, but I think more of my friends and family follow football. Just a guess!  Thanks for posting.

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Yep.Even basketball has passed baseball now in popularity.

Answer 17

Here I am, at my brother's wedding, going up against the all-time champion armfighter, my dad.  He was a watermelon man most of his life; and nobody beats a watermelon man, at least that what he told me!

Wendell Orie Lee

Comments

Great photo, Scott! I assume your dad won. Thanks for sharing the picture.

Answer 18

This photo was taken in the 50s, in the stripped jersey is my grandfather Herbert Schacht as a striker of TSV Nahe.