The Hitler Trophy: Golf and the Olympic Games
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| Rating | : | 4.59 (838 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0992658551 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 208 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-10-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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A Hole in One Samuel Romilly Now this is a first, a first for me that is. I have read a book about sport and actually enjoyed it. I know nothing about sport but quite a lot about Hitler.Actually it is not a book about sport but about the history of sport, the odd relationship between golf and the Olympics. And odd it was. Fraser begins with the early days of the modern Olympics, chaotic games played by amateurs with small egos. Just as well as there was little kudos. Players were unaware that they were part of the 1900 Olympics The first player awarded a gold medal for golf was unaware she had won it. It makes you wistful for those halcyon days when sports we
Alan has covered all four golf majors, including every Open Championship between 1978 and 2014. He also attended and reported on the last six summer Olympic Games at Barcelona, Atlanta, Sydney, Athens, Beijing and London. Golf has been a passion and a speciality. . ALAN FRASER has been one of Fleet Street's leading sports writers for many years, gracing the pages of The Independent an
Actually, it did make another little-known appearance - around the notorious Berlin Games of 1936. What happened next, as two plucky Englishmen sought to bring home that distinctive trophy, became an intriguing tale that would bring embarrassment amid the rise of Nazism and then World War Two. Golf was chosen to return to the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro 2016 for the first time since St Louis 1904. A tournament was sanctioned by Adolf Hitler himself, to take place in the German spa town of Baden-Baden, with the Fuhrer's imprint even going on the trophy. Brilliantly researched and beautifully written by seasoned golf writer Alan Fraser, The Hitler Trophy tells also of the sport's history - and future - at the Olympics.
"A fascinating new book Thanks to the author's painstaking research, we have the definitive account of the extraordinary story of the Fuhrer's quest to have golf included in the Berlin Games of 1936." DEREK LAWRENSON, Daily Mail. "Intriguing and fascinating." SAM TORRANCE, former Ryder Cup captain and golf commentator.