The Participants

Stout, James

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James Stout³

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Abstract

This chapter looks in detail at the promised delegations who were in Barcelona or on their way there when the Civil War began. Through press releases, newspaper articles, and other archival documents, it attempts to profile many of the individuals who would have competed at Barcelona and illustrates the journey that took athletes to Barcelona. It also deals with the differences between popular and Workers’ Sport in order to address the misconception that the Popular Olympics were part of the socialist sport movement.

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COOP. “Press Service. English Edition, No. 5,” June 1, 1936.
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COOP. “Press Service. English Edition, No. 7,” June 29, 1936.
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COOP. “Letter to Sir Walter Citrine, Secretary, Trades Union Congress General Council,” June 18, 1936. Archives of the Trades Union Congress.
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Mundo Obrero, June 29, 1936.
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For more on amateurism, see Richard Gruneau, “‘Amateurism’ as a Sociological Problem: Some Reflections Inspired by Eric Dunning,” Sport in Society 9, no. 4 (October 1, 2006): 559–82.
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B. Kidd, “The Popular Front and the 1936 Olympics,” Canadian Journal of the History of Sport and Physical Education 11, no. 1 (1980): 1–18.
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For instance, in France, the FSGT Workers’ Sport organization saw faster times at its annual championships than were posted at Olympic trials in 1936. Kidd, B. “The Popular Front and the 1936 Olympics.” Canadian Journal of the History of Sport and Physical Education 11, no. 1 (1980): 1–18.
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Andrés Martín, Mundo Obrero, June 29, 1936.
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“Press Service. English Edition, No. 6,” June 18, 1936. Archives of the Trades Union Congress.
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“Press Service. English Edition, No. 6,” June 18, 1936. Archives of the Trades Union Congress.
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COOP. “Letter to Sir Walter Citrine, Secretary, Trades Union Congress General Council,” June 18, 1936. Archives of the Trades Union Congress.
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COOP. “Press Service. English Edition, No. 6,” June 18, 1936.
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COOP. “Press Service. English Edition, No. 6,” June 18, 1936.
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COOP. “Letter to Sir Walter Citrine, Secretary, Trades Union Congress General Council,” June 18, 1936. Archives of the Trades Union Congress.
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COOP. “Press Service. English Edition, No. 6,” June 18, 1936.
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(Anna Murià) Romaní, “Una Pregunta i Moltes Respostes – Què És l’esport?,” La Rambla, April 30, 1934. This regular column was written under a pseudonym, but addressed many issues of Women’s Popular Sport.
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Neus Real Mercadal, El club femení i d’esports de Barcelona, plataforma d’acció cultural (L’Abadia de Montserrat, 1998).
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J. Batista, J. M. Bosch, R., Folguera, M., Garí, J., Guardiola, and … Trabal J. A, “L’obra d’Educació Fisica Popular,” La Veu de Catalunya, April 3, 1930.
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Mundo Deportivo, July 6, 1936.
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COOP. “Press Service. English Edition, No. 7,” June 29, 1936.
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COOP. “Press Service. English Edition, No. 6,” June 18, 1936.
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X. Pujadas and C. Santacana, “The Popular Olympic Games, Barcelona 1936: Olympians and Antifascists,” International Review for the Sociology of Sport 27, no. 2 (1992).
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Mundo Deportivo, July 6, 1936.
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COOP. “Press Service. English Edition, No. 6,” June 18, 1936. Archives of the Trades Union Congress.
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COOP. “Press Service. English Edition, No. 7,” June 25, 1936.
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La Veu de Catalunya, July 2, 1936.
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COOP. “Press Service. English Edition, No. 6,” June 18, 1936. Archives of the Trades Union Congress.
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Raanan Rein, “El Desafio a Los Juegos Olimpicos de Berlin 1936: Los Atleteas Judios de Palestina En La Frustrada Olimpiada Popular de Barcelona,” Historia Contemporánea 56 (n.d.): 121–55.
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Gerben Zaagsma, Jewish Volunteers, the International Brigades and the Spanish Civil War (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2017). 67 The claim that the games were a Jewish creation is credited to Henry Szulevic, a veteran of the International Brigades, in the footnotes of Zaagsma’s book as well as in Arno Lustiger, Daniel Meyer, and Chantal Kesteloot, “Shalom Libertad!”: les juifs dans la guerre civile espagnole (Paris: Ed. du Cerf, 1991).
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COOP. “Press Service. English Edition, No. 7,” June 29, 1936.
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Raanan Rein, “El Desafio a Los Juegos Olimpicos de Berlin 1936: Los Atleteas Judios de Palestina En La Frustrada Olimpiada Popular de Barcelona,” Historia Contemporánea 56 (2017): 121–55.
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Muriel Rukeyser, “We Came for Games,” Esquire, October 1, 1974.
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Clara Thalmann and Paul Thalmann, Combats Pour La Liberté: Moscou, Madrid, Paris (La Digitale, 1983).
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COOP. “Press Service. English Edition, No. 7,” June 29, 1936.
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COOP. “Press Service. English Edition, No. 6,” June 18, 1936. Archives of the Trades Union Congress.
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“Para La Formación Del Equipo Catalán Para El “Trofeo Thalemann”,” El Mundo Deportivo, April 1, 1930.
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Muriel Rukeyser, “We Came for Games,” Esquire, October 1, 1974.
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COOP. “Press Service. English Edition, No. 5,” June 1, 1936.
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“Press Information.” British Workers’ Sport Association, June 24, 1936. Archives of the Trades Union Congress.
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“Press Information.” British Workers’ Sport Association, June 24, 1936. Archives of the Trades Union Congress.
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COOP. “Press Service. English Edition, No. 7,” June 25, 1936
According to the COOP they were:
- Al Chakin (Activities Council 80 Fifth Avenue New York). Wrestling Boxing
- Frank Payton (Activities Council 80 Fifth Avenue New York). 100 metres High Jump Broad Jump
- Eddie Krauss (I.L.G.W.U.) High jump, hop step & jump, pole vault, high hurdles
- Dorothy Tucker (I.L.G.W.U.) 100 metres running, long jump, swimming.
- Harry Engel (I.L.G.W.U.) 100 metres, 220 metres, running long jump,
- Bernard Danchik (Williamsburg Gymnastic Group) Gymnastics
- Julian Raoul (French Sports Group) Cycling
- Charles Burley (Unattached) Boxing
- M. Dickies (Activities Council 80 Fifth Avenue New York). Shot Put
- Francis A Henson, Treasurer Committee on Fair Play in Sports
- B Chamberlain, Executive Secretary Committee on Fair Play in Sports
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Labor Chest for the Relief and Liberation of Workers of Europe, July 1, 1936, Archives of the Trades Union Congress.
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Muriel Rukeyser, “We Came for Games,” Esquire, October 1, 1974.
The US team is named by Rukeyser as “Dr Smith and George Gordon Battle in charge and Al Chakin, boxing and wrestling; Irving Jenkins, boxing; Frank Payton, Eddie Kraus, Dorothy Tucker, Harry Engle, Myron Dickes, all track; Bernie Danchik, gymnast; Julian Raul, cycling; Charles Burley, William Chamberlin and Frank Adams Hanson.”
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COOP. “Press Service. English Edition, No. 7,” June 25, 1936.
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Bruce Kidd. “Canadian Opposition to the 1936 Olympics in Germany.” Sport in Society: Cultures, Commerce, Media, Politics 16, no. 4 (May 1, 2013): 425–38.
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“British Workers’ Sport Association Press Information. Barcelona Popular Olympiad.” British Workers’ Sport Association, June 9, 1936. Archives of the Trades Union Congress.
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Muriel Rukeyser, “We Came for Games,” Esquire, October 1, 1974.
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The provisional list included
- S. JONES (Roath Harriers) Welsh 100 yds Champion.
- H. GALLIVAN (Swansea Valley A.C.) Welsh Cross-country Champion and B.W.S.A. national 3-mile Champion.
- Gaylard (Mellingriffith S.C.) Welsh 440 yds Champion.
- J. Alford (Roath Harriers) Welsh 1/2 mile, and mile, Champion.
- Ken Harris (Roath Harriers) represented Wales in mile event at British Empire Games.
- E. Sears (Essex Beagles) Essex 880 yds Champion.
- J.L. Rees (Swansea Valley A.C.)
- R.G. Hopkin (Swansea Valley AC) D. James (Swansea Valley A.C.)
- C.G. Cupid (Swansea Valley A.C.). Glamorgan 220 yds Champion, and for many years sprint champion of Wales, and European Workers’ sprint champion.
- M. Cullen (Swansea Valley A.C.)
- C.G. Sim (Elswick Harriers) Northern 220 yds and Long Jump Champion.
- L.R. Pearce (Hants 380 yds and mile Champion.
- Bernard Bamber, holder for many years of the B.W.S.A. Men’s Singles Championship, joint holder of Men’s Doubles, winner of the International Workers’ Tournament held in Paris, in both Men’s Singles and Doubles events.
- The National Clarion Cycling also promised two of its leading cyclists to compete in the 100-km event at Barcelona, and other sections of the Clarion are also forming teams.
- “BRITISH WORKERS’ SPORTS ASSOCIATION. ORGANISING COMMITTEE FOR TEAM FOR BARCELONA PEOPLES’ OLYMPIAD,” June 24, 1936. Archives of the Trades Union Congress.
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“British Workers’ Sport Association Press Information. Barcelona Popular Olympiad.” British Workers’ Sport Association, June 9, 1936. Archives of the Trades Union Congress.
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Rafael Pascuet and Enric Pujol, eds., La Revolució Del Bon Gust: Jaume Miravitlles i El Comissariat de Propaganda de La Generalitat de Catalunya (1936–1939), 1. ed. (Barcelona : Figueres: Arxiu Nacional de Catalunya : Viena Ediciins ; Ajuntament de Figueres, 2006).

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Stout, J. (2020). The Participants. In: The Popular Front and the Barcelona 1936 Popular Olympics. Mega Event Planning. Palgrave Pivot, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-8071-6_4

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