Great Men of Tennis

Posted on January 30, 2010 by Marianne Bevis

In a companion series to ‘Queens of the Court, ‘Great Men of Tennis’ takes a look at the men who have left an indelible mark on tennis.

Don Budge, Wimbledon 1937

Dwight Davis
Bill Tilden
Rene Lacoste
Godfried Von Cramm
Don Budge
Fred Perry
Jack Kramer,
other Musketeers
Pancho Gonzalez
Roy Emerson
Ken Rosewall
Rod Laver
Lew Hoad

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Vintage Athlete of the Month

Rusty Staub: A Man For All Ages
April 8, 2024 | 1:26 pm

The Sports Then and Now Vintage Athlete of the Month is a former major league baseball player who came into the game as a teenager and stayed until he was in his 40s. In between, Rusty Staub put up a solid career that was primarily spent on expansion or rebuilding teams.

Originally signed by the Colt .45s at age 17, he made his major league debut as a 19-year old rookie and became only the second player in the modern era to play in more than 150 games as a teenager.

Though he hit only .224 splitting time between first base and rightfield, Staub did start building a foundation that would turn him into an All-Star by 1967 when he finished fifth in the league with a .333 batting average.

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