

Lifetime Fellowship of the British Society of Sports History is awarded every three years at the end of each Chair's cycle. Those awarded the honour of being a fellow of the society are those who have been recognised by the outgoing chair as having given a lot to the society or who have given exceptional service to the field of sports history. Many of the discipline's esteemed scholars have been given this honour and the full list of fellows are as follows (in alphabetical order:
Iain Adams
David Day
Frank Galligan
Richard Holt
Mike Huggins
Tony Mason
Carol Osborne
Roberta J Park
Dilwyn Porter
Fiona Skillen
Wray Vamplew
Jack Williams