Great Moments Of Sportsmanship » Alan Tabor http://www.greatmomentsofsportsmanship.com And Extraordinary Sports People Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:00:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Not That You Won or Lost but……………… http://www.greatmomentsofsportsmanship.com/not-that-you-won-or-lost-but/ http://www.greatmomentsofsportsmanship.com/not-that-you-won-or-lost-but/#comments Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:29:00 +0000 prsmith http://www.greatmomentsofsportsmanship.com/?p=290 “For When the One Great Scorer
comes to write against your name,
He writes – not that you Won or Lost
but How You Played the Game.”

I was so pleased to receive the  full poem from John Miles (see 6th comment on this link) – many thanks John.

This discussion has been ongoing since I first posted a question about  these magical sportsmanship words back in December 2008.  However I still wonder why the attached beautiful graphic (which used to hang in my parents’ bedroom  in Dublin in the 1950s) refers to Newbolt? Does anyone know?

For when the great scorekeeper - V3

You can download this as a poster by clicking on it or print it out and post it onto a notice board, or a dressing room.

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