Alice Marble
Alice Marble (born September 28, 1913 in Palm Springs , California , † December 13, 1990 there ) was an American tennis player .
Career
She won in her career four times (1936, 1938-1940) the American tennis championships in Forest Hills in the women's singles and with Sarah Palfrey Cooke four times the women's doubles (1937-1940). She also won Wimbledon in women's singles in 1939 and doubles in 1938 and 1939. With Don Budge and Bobby Riggs , she won the mixed three times at the English championships from 1937 to 1939. In 1941 she switched to professional tennis players. In 1964 he was accepted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame . In recognition of her Wimbledon achievements, Marble was first honored with the Associated Press' Athlete of the Year award in 1939 .
Marble was in addition to her tennis career from 1942 to 1946 co-author of the comic series Wonder Woman . In issues # 1 to # 20 she wrote short stories about "historical wonder women" such as B. Florence Nightingale .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Comic Book Legends Revealed # 333 , Comic Book Resources
- ↑ Hanley, Tim: Wonder Woman Unbound: The Curious History of the World's Most Famous Heroine , 2014, Chicago Press
Web links
- Alice Marble in the "International Tennis Hall of Fame" (English; with picture)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Marble, Alice |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American tennis player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 28, 1913 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Palm Springs , California, USA |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 13, 1990 |
| Place of death | Palm Springs , California, USA |