Frank Stoker

Who was Frank Stoker?

Frank Owen Stoker was an Irish tennis and rugby union player. He is the only rugby international to have won Wimbledon.

Stoker was Irish tennis champion in 1890, 1891 and 1893 - 1895. In 1890 and 1893 he and Joshua Pim won the doubles in Wimbledon. He was ranked World No. 7 for 1892 by Karoly Mazak. He was a member of Landsdowne Lawn Tennis Club.

He played five times for Ireland in rugby union between 1886-91. Stoker was a Forward, he played four matches in the Home Nations Championships, and one against the touring New Zealand Natives side.

Stoker trained as a Dental Surgeon and qualified from the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland holding a LDS. He lived in Westland Row, Dublin and married Margaret in 1900, they had daughters May, Norma, Joan and Ruth.