Gerald Gems Editor

Annette R. Hofmann is Professor of Sports Studies at Ludwigsburg University of Education, Germany, ISHPES President, and Academic Editor, Europe, of the International Journal of the History of Sport. She has recently edited Gertrud: Global Scholar - Global Spirit (2015) and License to Jump: A Story of Women´s Ski Jumping (2015).

Gerald Gems is Professor of Health and Physical Education at North Central College in Naperville, USA, and past president of North American Society for Sport History. He is currently Vice-President of the International Society for the History of Physical Education and Sport.

Maureen Smith isProfessor in the Department of Kinesiology and Health Science at California State University, USA. Smith is an active member in the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport, a past president of the North American Society for Sport History, and a Vice President of the International Society for the History of Physical Education and Sport.