Ian Collins
Ian Glen Collins , OBE (born April 23, 1903 in Glasgow , † March 20, 1975 , Bearsden , Dunbartonshire ) was a Scottish tennis and cricket player.
Life
Collins was a doubles specialist in tennis; In addition to six unbeaten appearances for the British Davis Cup team , he was also a total of four times in a Grand Slam final: 1929 in men's doubles with Colin Gregory both in Australia and at the Wimbledon Championships and in the mixed competition at Wimbledon in 1929 with Joan Fry and 1931 with Joan Ridley .
Collins was a member of both the school selection of Harrow School and the university selection of Oxford University in cricket, but due to a serious injury in his first year at Oxford in 1922, he was only used in his final year of study. He later played cricket several times for the Scottish national team.
In World War II he was part of the SAS and reached the rank of Lieutenant Colonel . Among other things, he was awarded the French Croix de Guerre and accepted into both the Legion of Honor and the Order of the British Empire .
After graduating in 1925, he worked for William Collins & Sons ; when he retired in 1972, he was Vice President.
Web links
- ITF profile for Ian Collins (English)
- Davis Cup stats by Ian Collins (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 1929 Men's Doubles, Finals , Results Archive, australianopen.com (accessed July 31, 2012)
- ^ Collins, Ian Glen . In: Obituaries in 1975 , Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1976, espncricinfo.com; Retrieved July 31, 2012
- ↑ a b Death of Ian Glen Collins . In: The Glasgow Herald , May 21, 1975, p. 2.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Collins, Ian |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Collins, Ian Glen |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Scottish tennis and cricket player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 23, 1903 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Glasgow |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 20, 1975 |
| Place of death | Bearsden , Dunbartonshire |