saint0917
May 11th, 2009, 06:08 AM
5/9/15:
Four-time Wimbledon men’s singles champion Tony Wilding of New Zealand is killed in action while fighting with the British Royal Marines in the World War I battle of Aubers Ridge at Neuve-Chapelle, France. Wilding also won four Wimbledon men’s doubles titles and was a member of four winning Australasian Davis Cup teams. Passionate about cars and motorcycles, he competed in races and traveled on the primitive open roads of the day. He had signed on with the armored car division of the Marines, only to be caught in a fatal bombardment in the early stages of the war. He was 31.
B I R T H D A Y S
Pancho Gonzales b. 1928
Ralph Boston b. 1939
Howard “Butch” Komives b. 1941
Tony Gwynn b. 1960
Steve Yzerman b. 1965
Four-time Wimbledon men’s singles champion Tony Wilding of New Zealand is killed in action while fighting with the British Royal Marines in the World War I battle of Aubers Ridge at Neuve-Chapelle, France. Wilding also won four Wimbledon men’s doubles titles and was a member of four winning Australasian Davis Cup teams. Passionate about cars and motorcycles, he competed in races and traveled on the primitive open roads of the day. He had signed on with the armored car division of the Marines, only to be caught in a fatal bombardment in the early stages of the war. He was 31.
B I R T H D A Y S
Pancho Gonzales b. 1928
Ralph Boston b. 1939
Howard “Butch” Komives b. 1941
Tony Gwynn b. 1960
Steve Yzerman b. 1965