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Never Say Die is the gripping story of Arthur ‘Baby’ Gore, a battling tennis player of the Edwardian era and the oldest-ever winner of the Wimbledon singles title.
Gore enjoyed an unparalleled 40-year career in which the game evolved from a garden-party pastime into a dynamic international sport. Thrice All-England champion, Olympic gold medallist and the first-ever Davis Cup captain, Gore was an amateur of the old school who competed in more Wimbledon tournaments than anyone else in history, all the while pursuing a hectic business life in the City of London.
On court he was a dogged fighter who famously did not stop trying until the last point was played. A leading personality of the sport, he symbolised the generation that established the game in the public imagination.
With analysis of his opponents and the changes he witnessed in tennis and wider society, this compelling biography provides an unrivalled insight into the life and times of a forgotten great of English sport.
© 2024 Pitch Publishing (Rafbók): 9781801508346
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Rafbók: 10 juni 2024
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Óskáldað efni
Never Say Die is the gripping story of Arthur ‘Baby’ Gore, a battling tennis player of the Edwardian era and the oldest-ever winner of the Wimbledon singles title.
Gore enjoyed an unparalleled 40-year career in which the game evolved from a garden-party pastime into a dynamic international sport. Thrice All-England champion, Olympic gold medallist and the first-ever Davis Cup captain, Gore was an amateur of the old school who competed in more Wimbledon tournaments than anyone else in history, all the while pursuing a hectic business life in the City of London.
On court he was a dogged fighter who famously did not stop trying until the last point was played. A leading personality of the sport, he symbolised the generation that established the game in the public imagination.
With analysis of his opponents and the changes he witnessed in tennis and wider society, this compelling biography provides an unrivalled insight into the life and times of a forgotten great of English sport.
© 2024 Pitch Publishing (Rafbók): 9781801508346
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Rafbók: 10 juni 2024
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