Vice President International Society for History of Physical Education and Sport (ISHPES)
Founder and Past Chairman British Society of Sports History (BSSH)
Member - UK Sports International Conference Committee
Secretary - Runcorn Canoe Club

Employment History:

1979-1980 - Visiting Scholar - University of California, Berkeley
1980-1983 - Lecturer, School of Physical Education, University of Liverpool
1983-1985 - Lecturer, Carnegie School of Physical Education, Leeds Metropolitan University
1998- 2003  - Director of Sport, UMIST
2003- Regional Coordinator- MPAGB World Class start and Potential Programme

Editorships:

The British Journal of Sports History Co-Founding Editor (1982-86) renamed The International Journal of History of Sport Sub-Editor (1986-).
The British Society of Sports History Bulletin (Founding Editor 1982-1986), renamed The Sports Historian then Sport in History  Reviews Editor (1998-)

Recent Publications (Last 10 years):

Monographs:

Sport in Britain (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1991).
The Science of Canoeing (The Coxburn Press in association with The British Canoe Union, 1992).
History of Sport: A Guide to the Literature and Sources of Information (Sports History Publishing, 1994).
Index to Sporting Manuscripts in the U.K. (Sports History Publishing, 1995).
The Internet As A Resource for the Sports Historian (Sports History Publishing, 1995).
Sport and the Internet (The Coxburn Press, 1995).
Are You Switched On?: The Internet as a Resource for University Administrators (Good Practice Series No 20)(Manchester: The Association of University Administrators, 1996).
Encyclopaedia of British Sport (Oxford: ABC Clio 2000).
International Bibliography of Publications on the History of Sport 1995-2000 (London: Frank Cass, 2002)
Annual International Bibliography of Publications on the History of Sport 2000 (London: Frank Cass, 2002).
(London: Frank Cass, 2002).
Encyclopaedia of British Football (London: Routledge 2003).
History of Sport in Britain: A Bibliography of  Publications  (London: Frank Cass, 2003).
Biographical Studies of  British Sportsmen and Women (London: Frank Cass, 2003).
Local Studies in the History of British Sport (London: F. Cass, 2003).

Forthcoming:
Sport in Britain: A Chronology of Developments, Events, Records and Landmarks (London: Frank Cass, 2002).
History of Sport: A Guide to the Literature and Sources of Information (2nd Edition). (London: Frank Cass, 2003).

Chapters:
'History of Sport (Including Biographical Studies)', in M. Schoebridge (ed.), Sport and Leisure: Guide To Information Sources (London: Butterworths, 1992), pp. 123-145.
'19th Century Sporting Literature', in The New English Bibliography of English Literature(Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000.
Forthcoming:
Contributor The New Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005).

Articles:
'Annual Bibliography of Publications on the History of Sport in Britain 1990', British Society of Sports History Bulletin, No 11 (1991), 83-99.
'Annual Bibliography of Publications on the History of Sport 1990/91', International Journal of the History of Sport, 8, 3 (December, 1991), 398-407.
'Annual Bibliography of Publications on the History of Sport in Britain 1991', British Society of Sports History Bulletin, No 12 (1992), 23-61.
'Sports History Documentation - The Origins, Objectives, Methods and Findings of the British Sports History Bibliography Project and a Blueprint for the Future', International Journal of the History of Sport, 9, 2 (August, 1992), 252-279.
'A History of British Sports History', Physical Education Review, 15, 2 (Autumn, 1992), 119-126.
'Annual Bibliography of Publications on the History of Sport 1990/91', International Journal of the History of Sport, 9, 3 (December, 1992), 411-420.
'Subject Bibliographies: Help or Hindrance To Comprehensive Literature Searching?', British Journal of Academic Librarianship, 7, 1 (September, 1992), 17-29.
'Annual Bibliography of Publications on the History of Sport in Britain 1992', The Sports Historian, No 13 (April, 1993),
'Annual List of Accessions of Sporting Manuscripts in Repositories in the U.K.', The Sports Historian, No 13 (April, 1993), 105-107.
'Annual Bibliography of Publications on the History of Sport 1991/92', International Journal of the History of Sport, 10, 3 (December, 1993), 382-395.
'Annual Bibliography of Publications on the History of Sport in Britain 1993', The Sports Historian, No 14 (May, 1994), 73-103.
'Annual List of Accessions of Sporting Manuscripts in Repositories in the U.K.', The Sports Historian, No 14 (May, 1994), 105-107.
'The Future of Sports History Bibliography', International Journal of the History of Sport, 11, 2 (August, 1994), 326-327.
'Annual Bibliography of Publications on the History of Sport 1991/92', International Journal of the History of Sport, 11, 3 (December, 1994), 457-471.
'Annual Bibliography of Publications on the History of Sport in Britain 1994', The Sports Historian, No 15 (May, 1995),
'Annual List of Accessions of Sporting Manuscripts in Repositories in the U.K.', The Sports Historian, No 15 (May, 1995),
'Common Health Games', Times Higher Educational Supplement, (August 24th 1995), 15-16. (Commissioned feature)
'In Search of the Winning Formula', UMIST- Research Focus, 5, (Autumn, 1995), 1, 6-7.
'Sports Archives, Libraries and Museums in the UK - What Should be the Policy?'", The Sports Historian, No 16 (May, 1996), 156-160.
Annual Bibliography of Publications on the History of Sport in Britain 1994/5", The Sports Historian, No 16 (May, 1996), 160-214.
'The British Sports History Internet Services', ISHPES Bulletin, 11 (1996), 17-18.
'Computerised Bibliographic Databases', International Journal of the History of Sport, 13, 2 (August, 1996), 215-219.
'Annual Bibliography of Publications on the History of Sport 1993/94', International Journal of the History of Sport, 13, 2 (August, 1996), 132- 149.
'Annual Bibliography of Publications on the History of Sport 1994/95', International Journal of the History of Sport, 13, 3 (December, 1996), 373-396.
"Progress with The British Society of Sports History Bibliography Project", The Sports Historian, 17, 1 (May, 1997), 109-111.
Annual Bibliography of Publications on the History of Sport in Britain 1995/6, The Sports Historian, No 17, 1 (May, 1997), 114-150.
'The British Society of Sports History World Wide Web Bulletin Board and Information Service', International Journal of the History of Sport, 14, 1 (April, 1997), 206-209.
Index to Sports Conference Proceedings, Journals and Essay Collections, 1996, The Sports Historian, No 17, 2 (November, 1997), 114-150.
Annual Bibliography of Publications on the History of Sport in Britain 1996/7, The Sports Historian, No 18, 1 (May, 1998), 159-191.
with M. Salter, 'The IT Revolution and the Practice of Sport History: An Overview and Reflection on Internet Research and Teaching Resources', Journal of Sport History, 25, 2 (Summer 1998), 283-302.
'Index to Sports History Conference Proceedings, Journals and Essay Collections, 1997", The Sports Historian, No 18, 2 (November, 1998).
'Annual Bibliography of Publications and Theses on the History of Sport in Britain,1997/98, The Sports Historian, No 19, 1 (May, 1999).
'Index to Sports History Conference Proceedings, Journals and Essay Collections, 1998,", The Sports Historian, No 19, 2 (November, 1999).
Annual Bibliography of Publications and Theses on the History of Sport in Britain,1998/99, The Sports Historian, No 20, 1 (May, 2000).
'The Role of Sports History Research', Sports International (2000)
'Index to Sports History Conference Proceedings, Journals and Essay Collections, 1999", The Sports Historian, No 20, 2 (November, 2000), 106-147.
'ISHPES and the Future of Sports History Publishing', ISHPES Bulletin 19, (December 2000), 2.
'Annual Bibliography of Publications on the History of Sport in Britain 2000', The Sports Historian, No 21, 1 (May, 2001), .
'Index to Sports History Conference Proceedings, Journals and Essay Collections, 2000", The Sports Historian, No 21, 2 (November, 2001),

Reviews:
A. Matz, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Sport, Journal of Sports History, 19, 2 (Summer, 1992), 169-170.
N. Smith, Queen of Games: A History of Croquet, British Society of Sports History Bulletin, 12 (1992), 79-80.
S.. G. Miller, Arete: Greek Sport From Ancient Sources, British Society of Sports History Bulletin, 12 (1992), 80-81.
D. G. Kyle and G. D. Stark (eds.), Essays on Sport History and Sport Mythology, British Society of Sport History Bulletin, 12 (1992), 73-74.
S. Eley and P. Griffiths (eds.), Padwick's Bibliography of Cricket: Volume II, International Journal of the History of Sport, 10, 2 (1993), 280- 282.
B. Ferrier and G. Hart, Johnny Walker Encyclpaeidia of Golf, Reference Review, 8, 8 (1994), 34.
R. Storey, Chronology of the Medieval World, Reference Review, 8, 8 (1994), 41.
J. Graham-Campbell, Cultural Atlas of the Viking World, Reference Review, 9, 3 (1995) p. 43.
J. A. Talbert, Atlas of Classical History, Reference Review, 9, 3 (1995), p. 43.
M. Smith, Baseball: A Comprehensive Bibliography. Supplement 1 (1985-92), International Journal of the History of Sport, 12, 1 (April, 1995), 183-185.
M. Smith, The College Football Bibliography, International Journal of the History of Sport, 12, 1 (April, 1995), 183-185.
M. Smith, Professional Football: The Official Pro Football Hall of Fame Bibliography , International Journal of the History of Sport, 12, 1 (April, 1995), 183-185.
N. Wigglesworth, A Social History of English Rowing, The Sports Historian, 15 (1995), p. 182.
N. L. Rhoades, Croquet: An Annotated Bibliography from the Rendell Rhoades Croquet Collection, International Journal of the History of Sport, 12, 2 (August, 1995), .
Ashton, Fyson and Roberts, The Chartist Movement, Reference Review, 19, 6 (1995), 13-14.
T. Hanson, Bibliographic Software and the Electronic Library, Managing Information 2, 6 (June, 1995), 41-42.
B. Clingain, The International Golf Almanac 1995, Reference Review, 9, 4 (1995), p. 36.
B. J. Hugman, The British Boxing Board of Control Yearbook, Reference Review, 10, 2 (1996), p. 35.
Kingfisher Encyclopedia of History, Reference Review, 10, 3 (1996), p. 41.
H. Pardoel, 'A Bibliography of the Art and Sport of Fencing, The Sports Historian, 16 (May, 1996), 243-245.
I. Buchannan and P. Matthews, 'All Time Greats of British and Irish Sport', The Sports Historian, 16 (May, 1996), 250-251.
'Payrus', UKOLUG Newsletter, 7, 3 (May/June, 1996), 21-22.
'End Note Plus 2 and End Note Link 2 Database Reference Management Packages', Managing Information, 5, 3 (May, 1996), 58-59.
P. Seddon, 'A Football Compendium: A Comprehensive guide to the Literature of Association Football', International Journal of the History of Sport, 12, 2 (August 1996), 252-256.
The IOC Official Olympic Companion, Reference Review (1997).
R. C. Richardson, 'British Economic and Social History: A Bibliographical Guide', The Sports Historian, 17 (May, 1997).
B. Brivati et al, 'The Contemporary History Handbook', The Sports Historian, 17 (May, 1997).
J. E. Findling and K. D. Pelle, 'Historical Dictionary of the Modern Olympic Movement', The Sports Historian, 17 (May, 1997).
H. Pardoel, 'A Bibliography of the Art and Sport of Fencing, The Sports Historian, 16, (May, 1996), 243-245.
D. Levinson and K. Christensen, Encyclopaedia of World Sport: From Ancient Times to the Present, The Sports Historian, 18, 2 (September, 1997), 158-162.
J. D. Massengale and R. A. Swanson, The History of Exercise and Sport Science, The Sports Historian, 17, 2 (September, 1997), 165-168.
H. Pardoel, A Complete Bibliography of the Art and Sport of Fencing, The Sports Historian, 18, 2 (September, 1997), 179-181.
J. R. Thomas and J. K. Neilson, Research Methods in Physical Activity, The Sports Historian, 17, 2 (September, 1997), 188-190.
S. Wise, Social Issues in Contemporary Sport: A Resource Guide, The Sports Historian, 17, 2 (September, 1997), 198-200.
The Johnnie Walker Interactive Guide to Golf Courses of the British Isles, Reference Reviews, (1998).
J. Jenkins, A Rugby Compendium: An Authoritative Guide to the Literature of Rugby Union, The Sports Historian, 18, 2 (1998),
B. Mallon, The 1896 Olympic Games, Reference Reviews, 13, 2 (1999), 41.
B. Mallon, The 1904 Olympic Games, Reference Reviews, 13, 8 (1999), 36.
N. Friedlander, The Mammoth Book of Sports and Games Olympic Games, Reference Reviews, 13, 8 (1999), 35-36.
Education: The Complete Encyclopaedia, World Information Review, Information World, No 153 (December, 1999), 71.
G. Burns, Sports Pages: A Critical Bibliography of Twentieth-Century American Novels and Stories Featuring Baseball, Basketball and Other Athletic Pursuits, The Sports Historian, 19, 2 (November 1999), 131-132.
J. L. Arbena, Latin American Sport: An Annotated Bibliography, 1988-1998, International Journal of the History of Sport, International Journal of the History of Sport, 17, 4 (December 2000), 211-212.
M. L. Biscotti, A Bibliography of American Sporting Books, 1926-1985, International Journal of the History of Sport.17, 4 (December 2000), 210-211.
R. Potts and P. Croxson, A Bibliography of Model Yachting, The Sports Historian, 20, 2, (November 2000), 138-139.
P. Seddon's Soccer Companion (2^nd edition), The Sports Historian, 20, 2 (November 2000), 144-147.
E. Cashman, Sports Culture- An A-Z Guide, Reference Review, (2001).
T. McNab, P. Lovesey and A. Huxtable (eds.), An Athletics Companion (2^nd edition), The Sports Historian, 21, 2 (November 2001),

M. Allen Sport, Exercise and Fitness: A Guide to Reference and Information Sources', Reference Review, 19, 8 (2005), 51
D. Bell, Encyclopedia of International Games', 2005
D. Levinson and K. Christensen Berkshire Encyclopedia of World Sport', Reference Review, 20, 9 (2005), 51

 Recent National Newspaper Features
'Sports Scholarships', Times Higher Educational Supplement, (2000)
'Talent Needs a Sporting Chance', The Times Higher Educational Supplement, (4 January, 2002)
'Where high Brow Meets High Jump', The Times Higher Educational Supplement, (11 January 2002), 18-19.

Richard William Cox
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