Edgar Leonard
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| Full name | Edgar Welch Leonard | ||||||||||||||
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| Country (sports) | United States | ||||||||||||||
| Born | June 19, 1881 West Newton, Massachusetts, USA | ||||||||||||||
| Died | October 7, 1948 (aged 67) New York City, New York, USA | ||||||||||||||
| College | Harvard University | ||||||||||||||
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| Career record | 11–6 | ||||||||||||||
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| US Open | SF (1904) | ||||||||||||||
| Career record | no value | ||||||||||||||
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Edgar Welch Leonard (June 19, 1881 – October 7, 1948) was a Harvard graduate and male tennis player from the United States.
He is best known for his gold medal at the St. Louis Olympics (1904) in the men's doubles event, with partner Beals Wright. In the men's singles event, he won a bronze medal.[1]
Leonard reached the semifinals of the U.S. National Championships in 1904 and the quarterfinals in 1901 and 1906.[2]
At the Cincinnati Open in 1904, Leonard was a singles quarterfinalist and a doubles finalist (with Beals Wright).
References
[edit]- ^ "Edgar Leonard Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on February 1, 2014. Retrieved January 28, 2014.
- ^ "Edgar Leonard". Olympedia. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
- From Club Court to Center Court, The Evolution of Professional Tennis in Cincinnati by Phillip S. Smith
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Edgar Leonard.
- Edgar Leonard at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Edgar Leonard at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Edgar Leonard at the International Tennis Federation
- Edgar Leonard at TennisArchives.com
- Edgar Leonard at Olympedia
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