NUTS Historical Group

Co-ordinator:

The group's aim is to undertake and publish research into British athletics statistics covering the century before the formation of the N.U.T.S.

The work is divided into 5 main categories :

  • All-Time Lists
  • Year Lists
  • Progressive Records
  • Biographies
  • Results of Major Meetings

Minutes of recent meetings are available in the members section of this web site. Please contact the for access.

Recently Published Material

Who's Who of UK & GB Internationals, 1896-1939 (Ian Buchanan)

Event Booklets
  1. Men's 400 metres (Peter Matthews) - published 1999
  2. Javelin (Ian Tempest) - published 1999
  3. High Jump (Ian Tempest) - published 2001
  4. Triple Jump (Ian Tempest) - published 2002
  5. Men's 1500 metres/1 Mile (Peter Matthews) - published 2002
  6. Discus (Ian Tempest) - published 2003
  7. see below
  8. Women's Hurdles (Stuart Mazdon) - published 2004
  9. Long Jump (Ian Tempest) - published 2005
  10. Shot Put (Ian Tempest) - published 2006
  11. see below
  12. Pole Vault (Ian Tempest) - published 2007
  13. Hammer (Ian Tempest) - published 2010
  14. Decathlon (Alan Lindop) - published 2011
  15. Heptathlon (Stuart Mazdon) - published 2012
  16. Walks (John Powell & Peter Matthews) - published 2014

Results

7. AAA Championship Results, 1866-1939 (Ian Buchanan & Peter Lovesey)

Statistics

11. UK Yearlists 1930-39 (Buchanan, Thurlow & Morbey) - published 2007

17. British Athletics 1866-80 (Peter Lovesey & Keith Morbey)

On-going research

Women's Lists 1931-40 (efforts are being made to retrieve the work on this subject by the late Eric Cowe)

Year Lists
  1920s Men's Events (Keith Morbey)
  1940-1945 (Keith Morbey)
  1946-1957 (Mike Sheridan)

Event Booklets
  Steeplechase (Bob Phillips)
  Cross-Country (Hamish Thomson)
  Road Racing (???)
  Men's 10,000 metres (???)

Michael Sheridan's Publications

Long spikes, short rations, British Athletics 1950 - published 2000
Long spikes, short rations, British Athletics 1950 - 2nd Edition published 2004
Rally round and tell your friends, British Athletics 1946-1949 - published 2004
Sunset of the golden years, British Athletics 1951-59 - published 2008
Who's Who of British International Athletes (men and women) 1945 to 1960 - published 2010
British Athletics 1951 published 2013
British Athletics 1952 published 2013
British Athletics 1953 published 2015
British Athletics 1954 published 2015

Sadly Michael died in April 2017, but his publications are still available from Mrs Sheridan

For more information e-mail , or write to 27 Yew Tree Park, Congresbury, Somerset, BS49 5ER

See also Recommended Publications Page.