Jay Gould II
Olympic athlete
1888 – 1935
Who was Jay Gould II?
Jay Gould II was an American real tennis player and a grandson of the railroad magnate Jay Gould. He was the world champion and the Olympic gold medalist. He held the U.S. Amateur Championship title continuously from 1906–1925, winning 18 times. During the same period, he never lost a set to an American amateur, and lost only one singles match, to English champion E.M. Baerlein. The court built for him by his father at the family's Georgian Court estate was restored in 2005. Jay Gould II is the great great uncle of US Olympic cyclist Georgia Gould, who qualified to race in the London 2012 Olympiad.
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- Born
- Sep 1, 1888
New York City - Parents
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- Nationality
- United States of America
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- Died
- Jan 26, 1935
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on July 23, 2013
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