(mostly vintage) sport-themed graphic design inspiration 

sports

Illustration of <n>Kevin Durant</n> by <n>Pablo Delcan</n> for <n>The New York Times Magazine</n>.

An <n>Adidas</n> advertisement from May 1980 featuring the <n>Stan Smith</n> and <n>ATP Outdoor</n> tennis shoes.

1948 Japanese baseball bromide depicting player <n>Yoshio Kageura</n>.

Cover of <n>Smena</n> magazine, No. 15, from August 1932. Published by <n>Komsomolskaya Pravda</n>.

A 1930s Japanese baseball bromide of pitcher <n>Nakagawa</n> of <n>Meiji University</n>.

1948 menko card of <n>Yomiuri Giants</n> first baseman <n>Tetsuharu Kawakami</n>.

<n>Shoulder Straightening with Towel</n> from the 1917 book <n>Physical Training for Business Men</n> by <n>H. Irving Hancock</n>.

An illustration by <n>Jaedoo Lee</n> featuring a <n>Nike</n> sneaker.

Cover of the <n>Spalding fall catalogue, 1917</n>, published by <n>A.G. Spalding & Bros.</n>

A photograph by <n>A. B. Phelan</n> from the 1917 book <n>Physical Training for Business Men</n> by <n>H. Irving Hancock</n>.

Boxing illustrations from the 1948 edition of the <n>Nouveau Petit Larousse Illustré</n> dictionary.

<n>Football. Close Up.</n>, an illustration by <n>Dan Leydon</n>.

Illustration "<n>Boxing</n>" by <n>Jaques</n> from the publication <n>Monsieur</n>, 1920.

A 1930s Japanese menko baseball card of an unknown player from the collection of <n>Gary Engel</n>.

A 19th-century engraving titled <n>Double lead-off with the right</n> by an unknown artist.

A chronophotograph from <n>Physical Training for Business Men</n> (1917) by <n>H. Irving Hancock</n>. Photo by <n>A. B. Phelan</n>.