Archibald Frank Engelbach
Archibald Frank Engelbach (born January 1, 1881 in Teddington , Middlesex , London Borough of Richmond upon Thames , † December 14, 1961 in London ) was an English badminton player . He came from an Alsatian family of teachers, pastors and lawyers. As a result of the French Revolution, his ancestor Gottlieb Ludwig Engelbach went to England, where he found a job as a "British Chamber of Accounts inspector". The roots of his family are in Upper Hesse, in the Biedenkopf - Marburg - Alsfeld - Gießen area. In 1930 he married Violet Maude Baddeley in Dinard (France).
Career
Engelbach's greatest sporting success dates from the All England in 1920. There he started with Raoul du Roveray in men's doubles and won in this discipline at the oldest and at that time top-class badminton tournament in the world. From 1921 on he represented England internationally. After the Second World War he wrote the "Engelbach Report on Boxing".
At the age of 17 he had already won the public school gymnastics competition in 1898. Engelbach is a graduate of Dulwich College . He served in the Middlesex Regiment during World War I. In the London telephone directories from 1910 to 1925 he is mentioned as a lawyer (admitted in 1906), including at 2 Paper Buildings. Judge at Shoreditch County Court in 1940, Windsor County Court in 1943, he retired in 1955. He last lived in Wynnstay Gardens, Allen Street, Kensington, London W8.
Sporting successes
| season | event | discipline | space | Surname |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920 | All of England | Men's doubles | 1 | Archibald Frank Engelbach / Raoul du Roveray |
| 1922 | All of England | Mixed | 2 | Archibald Frank Engelbach / Kathleen McKane |
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Engelbach, Archibald Frank |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Engelbach, AF |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English badminton player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 1, 1881 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Richmond upon Thames, Surrey |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 14, 1961 |
| Place of death | London |