Alice Greene
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Alice Norah Gertrude Greene (born October 15, 1879 in Upton , England , † October 26, 1956 in Saint Brélade on Jersey ; also Angela Greene ) was an English tennis player.
Greene was born in 1879 to the doctor Richard Greene and his wife Emma. In 1907 she won the Queen's Club tournament in London. A year later she won the silver medal in the indoor competition at the Olympic Games , where she was defeated by Gwendoline Eastlake-Smith in the final.
Greene died on the island of Jersey in 1956 .
Web links
Commons : Alice Greene - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Alice Greene. sports-reference.com, accessed September 23, 2012 .
- ↑ Dick Barton: Bradford tennis ace's Olympic prize expected to fetch up to £ 2,000. Telegraph & Argus , February 23, 2010, accessed September 23, 2012 .
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| SURNAME | Greene, Alice |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Greene, Alice Norah Gertrude (full name); Greene, Angela |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English tennis player, silver medalist at the 1908 London Olympics |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 15, 1879 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Upton , England |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 26, 1956 |
| Place of death | Saint Brélade in Jersey |