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Sport in the 1960s

Part 2

John Ireland looks at how specific sports developed during the watershed era

The amateurism vs professionalism debates linked to a variety of sporting case studies are part of the sport and society/historical analysis sections of all the major exam boards.

Throughout the twentieth century, UK sport as a whole moved gradually from amateurism towards professionalism, but this process was accelerated in the 1960s.

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