Athletes at Work in Europe (20th-21st Centuries) No 254, 2016/1 - pagesPages 3 to 12Going beyond the Amateur/Professional Sports Dichotomy. A Programme for a Social History of Athletes at WorkBy Sébastien Fleuriel, Manuel SchottéPages 13 to 29Portrait of Professional Boxers in France (1905-1914)By Sylvain VillePages 31 to 45Earning a Living at the Wheel, with the Risk of Losing One’s Life. European Automobile Pilots (1920s-1930s)By Sébastien MoreauPages 47 to 68Soccer Slaves? Employment Conditions in Professional Football in England and Wales (1945-1961)By Matthew TaylorPages 69 to 85Cyclists Riding for Whom? Mutations of a Labour Market (1950-1990)By Nicolas LefèvrePages 87 to 101Suzanne Lenglen and the Definition of Professionalism in Tennis during the Interwar PeriodBy Florys Castan-VicentePages 103 to 116Control, Order and Regulation: Reforming the Soviet Athletes’ Pay after the Second World WarBy Sylvain DufraissePages 117 to 131‘They are Sports Performance Artists’. When Professional Football Players’ Pay Becomes a Tax Issue (1970s-1980s)By Manuel SchottéPages 133 to 144Professional Sports Outlined in a Collective Bargaining Agreement: The Origins of a Unique Definition (France, 1995-2014)By Sébastien FleurielPages 145 to 165Review Essay