Chris Bolsmann (Kinesiology) recently published a history of the Corinthians Football Club, a London-based soccer team from the 1880s through the 1930s, which is credited with popularizing the sport around the world. “English Gentlemen and World Soccer: Corinthians, Amateurism and the Global Game,” written in collaboration with Dilwyn Porter (De Montfort University) was inspired by a photograph. “I was given a photo of an old soccer team, the Corinthians, and it got me interested in why they [were] in South Africa in the first place,” Bolsmann said. Then he started to research. Read more
