# Expert publications

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[Journal Article
(12)](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts-publication/24538/4748)
[Other Outputs
(9)](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts-publication/24538/4749)
[Conference Publication
(5)](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts-publication/24538/4751)
[Book Chapter
(4)](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts-publication/24538/4752)

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| 2024  Journal Article Punch-drunk murderer: boxing, brain trauma, and the murder of Hilda Meek Townsend, Stephen (2024). Punch-drunk murderer: boxing, brain trauma, and the murder of Hilda Meek. Journal of Sport History, 51 (2), 119-133. doi: 10.5406/21558450.51.2.10 [Punch-drunk murderer: boxing, brain trauma, and the murder of Hilda Meek](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:a26a106) |
| 2024  Journal Article Concussion’s Past: An Introduction Townsend, Stephen, Phillips, Murray G., Osmond, Gary and Olive, Rebecca (2024). Concussion’s Past: An Introduction. Journal of Sport History, 51 (2), 2-14. doi: 10.5406/21558450.51.2.02 [Concussion’s Past: An Introduction](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:3531c7c) |
| 2021  Journal Article “‘The Tragedy of the Punch Drunk': Reading Concussion in Australian Sporting Newspapers, 1843–1954” Townsend, Stephen (2021). “‘The Tragedy of the Punch Drunk': Reading Concussion in Australian Sporting Newspapers, 1843–1954”. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 3 676463, 1-14. doi: 10.3389/fspor.2021.676463 [“‘The Tragedy of the Punch Drunk': Reading Concussion in Australian Sporting Newspapers, 1843–1954”](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:7d55235) |
| 2018  Journal Article 'Where Cassius Clay Ends, Muhammad Ali Begins': sportspeople, political activism, and methodology Townsend, Stephen, Osmond, Gary and Phillips, Murray G. (2018). 'Where Cassius Clay Ends, Muhammad Ali Begins': sportspeople, political activism, and methodology. The International Journal of the History of Sport, 35 (11), 1-27. doi: 10.1080/09523367.2018.1523146 ['Where Cassius Clay Ends, Muhammad Ali Begins': sportspeople, political activism, and methodology](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:83ad9e1) |
| 2017  Journal Article From "Pitifully Ignorant" to the "People's Champion”: Shifting Perceptions of Muhammad Ali in the Louisville Defender, 1964–1971 Townsend, Stephen (2017). From "Pitifully Ignorant" to the "People's Champion”: Shifting Perceptions of Muhammad Ali in the Louisville Defender, 1964–1971. Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, 115 (4), 611-643. doi: 10.1353/khs.2017.0080 [From "Pitifully Ignorant" to the "People's Champion”: Shifting Perceptions of Muhammad Ali in the Louisville Defender, 1964–1971](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:688920) |
| 2023  Journal Article The golden ratio in baseball: the influence of historical eras on winning percentages in major league baseball Cairney, John, Townsend, Stephen, Brown, Denver M. Y., Graham, Jeffrey D., Richard, Veronique and Kwan, Matthew Y. W. (2023). The golden ratio in baseball: the influence of historical eras on winning percentages in major league baseball. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 5 1273327, 1-9. doi: 10.3389/fspor.2023.1273327 [The golden ratio in baseball: the influence of historical eras on winning percentages in major league baseball](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:24a4135) |
| 2022  Journal Article ‘Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted’: searching for the value of metrics and altmetrics in sociology of sport journals Olive, Rebecca, Townsend, Stephen and Phillips, Murray G. (2022). ‘Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted’: searching for the value of metrics and altmetrics in sociology of sport journals. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 58 (3) 10126902221107467, 431-454. doi: 10.1177/10126902221107467 [‘Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted’: searching for the value of metrics and altmetrics in sociology of sport journals](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:80ccee1) |
| 2020  Journal Article Review of Oppy: The Life of Sir Hubert Opperman Townsend, Stephen (2020). Review of Oppy: The Life of Sir Hubert Opperman. Australian Historical Studies, 51 (2), 232-233. doi: 10.1080/1031461X.2020.1746995 [Review of Oppy: The Life of Sir Hubert Opperman](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:e74e2e1) |
| 2019  Journal Article Clay vs. Ali: Distant Reading, Methodology, and Sport History Townsend, Stephen, Osmond, Gary and Phillips, Murray G. (2019). Clay vs. Ali: Distant Reading, Methodology, and Sport History. Journal of Sport History, 46 (3), 380-395. doi: 10.5406/jsporthistory.46.3.0380 [Clay vs. Ali: Distant Reading, Methodology, and Sport History](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:2d3ea4f) |
| 2018  Journal Article Remembering the rejection of Muhammad Ali: identity, civil rights and social memory Townsend, Stephen, Phillips, Murray G. and Osmond, Gary (2018). Remembering the rejection of Muhammad Ali: identity, civil rights and social memory. Sport in History, 38 (3), 1-22. doi: 10.1080/17460263.2018.1474129 [Remembering the rejection of Muhammad Ali: identity, civil rights and social memory](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:a35085c) |
| 2015  Journal Article A Bird’s-Eye View of the Past: Digital History, Distant Reading and Sport History Phillips, Murray G, Osmond, Gary and Townsend, Stephen (2015). A Bird’s-Eye View of the Past: Digital History, Distant Reading and Sport History. International Journal of the History of Sport, 32 (15), 1725-1740. doi: 10.1080/09523367.2015.1090976 [A Bird’s-Eye View of the Past: Digital History, Distant Reading and Sport History](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:373008) |
| 2013  Journal Article Wicked Wikipedia? Communities of practice, the production of knowledge and Australian sport history Townsend, Stephen, Osmond, Gary and Phillips, Murray G. (2013). Wicked Wikipedia? Communities of practice, the production of knowledge and Australian sport history. International Journal of the History of Sport, 30 (5), 545-559. doi: 10.1080/09523367.2013.767239 [Wicked Wikipedia? Communities of practice, the production of knowledge and Australian sport history](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:301142) |