Edgar Leonard

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Edgar Leonard Tennis player
Nation: United StatesUnited States United States
Birthday: June 19, 1881
Date of death: October 7, 1948
singles
Career record: 11: 6
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open -
French Open -
Wimbledon -
US Open HF (1904)
Olympic games
Olympic medals:
gold 1904 St. Louis Double
bronze 1904 St. Louis singles
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Edgar Welch Leonard (born June 19, 1881 in West Newton , Massachusetts , † October 7, 1948 in New York City ) was an American tennis player .

He won the men's doubles title with Beals Wright at the Olympic Games in St. Louis . They only made one set in the whole tournament. In singles he got the bronze medal after losing to his doubles partner. Wright and Leonard were in the same class at Harvard University , where Leonard graduated in 1903. There Leonard had led the college team as captain and won the intercollegiate double title in 1902. Its highest national ranking was 8th in 1903.

After graduating, Leonard worked in his father's textile company. In 1915 he started a brokerage firm in New York City called Moore, Leonard, & Lynch , for which he worked until his death.

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SURNAME Leonard, Edgar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Leonard, Edgar Welch
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH June 19, 1881
PLACE OF BIRTH West Newton
DATE OF DEATH October 7, 1948
Place of death New York City