Written by Dr. Chris Stride, a researcher from University of Sheffield

原標(biāo)題: Bronze Ballplayers – help identify China’s Football Statues

This article was firstly published on 19th, June in Wild East Football. 

導(dǎo)讀: 去過沈陽(yáng)五里河舊址的朋友可能對(duì)矗立在那里的2001屆國(guó)足雕塑群像記憶猶新，但國(guó)內(nèi)足球主題的雕塑并不止此一處。

英國(guó)謝菲爾德大學(xué)管理學(xué)院講師Chris Stride博士正在對(duì)世界各地的足球主題雕塑整理歸檔(具體可參見www.sportingstatues.com)。在這篇文章中, Chris Stride博士展示了他數(shù)據(jù)庫(kù)中的25處國(guó)內(nèi)的足球主題雕塑，這些雕塑分別坐落在沈陽(yáng), 北京,大連, 廣州, 武漢等全國(guó)各地城市。但一個(gè)小團(tuán)隊(duì)的力量終究有限，Chris Stride博士的數(shù)據(jù)庫(kù)很有可能有所遺漏。

如果您身邊有，或者您知道國(guó)內(nèi)某處有這篇文章中未曾提及的足球主題雕塑，請(qǐng)?jiān)隗w壇+評(píng)論處留言, 體壇+會(huì)聯(lián)系您 ，并將信息轉(zhuǎn)達(dá)給Chris Stride博士（幫助Chris Stride博士找到一處他所不知道的足球主題雕塑，體壇+將會(huì)贈(zèng)予驚喜獎(jiǎng)品!）。

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 You may or may not have noticed but hiding in public parks and squares all over China are an assortment of various football-related statues. British academic Chris Stride has embarked upon a remarkable project to document all of these monuments to the sport and is appealing to Chinese readers in his quest.

Football clubs, fans, and civic authorities are increasingly celebrating heroic players through sculpture. Whilst sports statues have become a feature of most popular (and not so popular) sports, the world’s football statuary is unusual in that it reaches beyond successful nations, clubs and subjects. This includes China, which has at least 20 football statues or statues groups.

However China’s many football statues differ from the rest of the world in their subject choices, design and location. For instance they frequently depict anonymous footballers or team groups rather than individual stars, often portray players tackling, and many are located at sports training facilities

I’m currently researching and writing an academic paper about China’s football statues. I’m also keen up to update my global database which you can view at www.sportingstatues.com. So I’d really appreciate help from Wild East readers to fill in some of the missing information on the statues I know about, pinpoint their exact locations, contribute some photos of them, and tell me about any I have not yet found!

The statues I know about are listed below. For each of these statues I’d love to know:

Who sculpted it?

When it was they unveiled – exact date is great?

What do the inscriptions say?

Also, for each statue I’d like…

Two or three photographs

A google map link for the location

Links to any online press coverage about any of these statues, or any others are also appreciated.

If you can help in any way, then please contact me on info@sportingstatues.com and/or leave a comment below…

The statues

A) Hui Tang Li

Yan Jian Red Square, Meizhou City, Guangzhou

B) Hui Tang Li

Unknown location

          C) Hui Tang Li

          Unknown location

       D) The World Cup 2002 team statues and giant ‘V’

       This is an extraordinary statue group and a triumphal V, originally at the Green Island training camp, now in Kepu Park in Shenzang, both statues I know a bit about.

       Apparently there were originally 44 players and coaches, but some of the coaches were removed due to involvement in corruption, leaving just 32 figures

E) Anonymous players

Lvshunkou, Dalian

       F) Anonymous players

       Tianjin

      G) Anonymous players

      Kaiyun

        H) Anonymous player

        Olympic Avenue Park, Beidaihe, Hebei

       I) Anonymous players

       Unknown location

      J) Anonymous players

      Hankou Zhongshan Park, Wuhan

      This statue dates from 1965, originally made in concrete, then recast in bronze

       K) Anonymous players

       Shenzhen Sports School, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China

        L) Anonymous players

        Langfang Sports Park, Langfang City, Hebei

       M) Anonymous players

       Unknown location

        N) World Cup statue 1

        Evergrande Football School, Qingyuan, Guangdong

        This statue has apparently been removed on the order of FIFA

       O) World Cup statue 2 (Pele and Bobby Moore)

       Evergrande Football School, Qingyuan, Guangdong

      P) Anonymous player

      Evergrande Football School, Qingyuan, Guangdong

         Q) Anonymous player

         Putian City

       R) Anonymous players

       Unknown location

           S) Anonymous players

           McMahon Square, People’s Stadium, Gulangyu, Xiamen

         T) Anonymous players

         Unknown location

         U) Anonymous players

         Unknown location

        V) Anonymous players

        Shenzhen stadium

       W) Anonymous players

       Olympic Park, Tongzhou District, Beijing, China

      X) Anonymous players:

      Unknown location

      Y) Anonymous player

      Wangfujin Street, Beijing, China