Springfield College Gymnastic Team Triple Balance Performance

Item Information

Title:
Springfield College Gymnastic Team Triple Balance Performance
Description:
This photograph shows a triple balance performance by three Springfield College gymnasts in the winter season of 1938-1939. The three gymnasts are William Rappaport, Clive Smith and William Lewis. The bottom gymnast supported the other two above him in the performance. The history of Gymnastics at Springfield College goes all the way back till nearly the founding of Springfield College in 1885, when Dr. James Naismith, the creator of Basketball, was an early SC Gymnast. Beginning in 1904, the SC Gymnastics team would travel to cities to perform their Gymnastics routines. At the end of their travels, they would perform a “Home Show” at Springfield College, a show they continue to perform to this day. It was during the reign of head coach Leslie Judd, widely considered a father of modern Gymnastics, that the Gymnastics exhibition team really gained a claim to fame. Under the leadership of Professor Leslie J. Judd, the purpose of the Springfield College Exhibition team was to promote and maintain an interest in gymnastics, dance, and the artistic phases of physical education in schools, colleges, YMCAs, and recreational centers. The Exhibition Team has appeared before thousands of spectators in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. In fact, in 1941 the team appeared before thirty-five-thousand spectators in twenty-five cities. This photograph comes from a series of photographs that make up Series 5, Sub-series b within MS534 - Eliott G. Baker ’74 SC Memorabilia collection. Most of the photographs are dated and have writing on the back identifying those shown in the photograph. The photographs were arranged and divided up into folders based on this information by the processor for ease of use and do not reflect original order. To see other images within this series, please see the finding aid for the collection for links to all digitized objects for each folder.
Date:
1938–1939
Format:
Photographs
Location:
Springfield College Archives and Special Collections
Collection (local):
College Archives Digital Collections
Subjects:
International Young Men's Christian Association College
Springfield College
Springfield College--Gymnastics
Springfield College--Gymnastics--Exhibition team
Springfield College--Gymnastics--Men
Springfield College--Sports
Springfield College--Sports--Men
Rappaport, William
Smith, Clive W.
Lewis, William F.
Gymnastics
Gymnasts
Exhibitions
Places:
Massachusetts > Hampden (county) > Springfield
Extent:
2 Pages
Link to Item:
http://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15370coll2/id/22600
Terms of Use:
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Publisher:
Springfield College
Language:
English
Identifier:
ms534-05-b-05-08-003