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Walter Cecil Crawley
FES (29 March 1880 – 11 October 1940) was a British male tennis player[3] and entomologist.[4] he was active from 1901 to 1927 and won 8 career singles titles.[1]
Life
Crawley was born on 29 March 1880 and educated at
doubles at the 1908 Summer Olympics. In the doubles he reached the quarterfinals with Kenneth Powell in which they lost to compatriots and eventual Olympic champions George Hillyard and Reginald Doherty.[6]
His other career singles highlights include winning the Chichester Open (1907),Nottinghamshire Championships (1910), Welsh Covered Court Championships (1921),[1] the London Covered Court Championships (1921), the British Covered Court Championships (1921) and the Isle of Wight Championships (1922).[1]
He won his final singles title in 1923 at the
player.References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u "Players: Crawley, Walter Cecil". The Tennis Base. Madrid: Tennismem SL. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
- ^ a b Wimbledon Results Archive
- ^ "Walter Crawley". Olympedia. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
- ^ ISSN 0013-8916.
- ^ The Quest Goes On, Being a Short History of the First Hundred Years of St John's School, Leatherhead, 1851-1951, by E.M.P. Williams, Leatherhead, 1951, p.50
- ^ "Olympic Sports – Athletes – Walter Crawley". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
External links
- Walter Crawley at the Tennis Archives
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