Monday, February 19, 2018

Gardnar Mulloy Remembered

1913 - 2016

He was an original Tennis Lifer.  He lived for the sport.

I didn't hear about his death in 2016 and today just did a quick name search to see how he was doing.  The last I had heard about him was that he was still playing senior tennis matches into his 90's.  This is a great feat considering how long ago he had played his best tennis reaching the finals of a number of Grand slams as a singles and doubles player.  His highest US ranking was number one with a world ranking of number 6.

Wiki

Miami Herald - Gardnar Mulloy dies at 102

Washington Post - fiery

Telegraph - "played better longer"