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Bram Stoker the Sportsman
24 March 2012 · Irish Independent
Estate summary
Sean Diffley marks the approaching centenary of Stoker’s death by looking beyond Dracula to the writer’s sporting life. The column discusses his Trinity rugby seasons, his friendship with athlete and organiser Henry Dunlop, and his participation in walking races and hurdling. It identifies Stoker as a walking-race judge in the programme for Dunlop’s 1873 athletics championships at Trinity. Diffley places these activities alongside the sporting interests of James Joyce and Samuel Beckett, challenging a narrow image of writers as detached from physical competition. The value of this item is its specific account of Stoker’s sporting associations. Dates, team memberships and the programme reference are Diffley’s reported findings; the original sporting records have not been collated as part of this article check. The column’s incidental sales comparison and later cricket anecdote are not adopted as Estate findings.
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