Walter Clopton Wingfield
Tennis Player
1833 – 1912
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Who was Walter Clopton Wingfield?
Major Walter Clopton Wingfield MVO was a British army officer who was one of the pioneers of lawn tennis. Inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1997, as the founder of Modern Lawn Tennis, an example of the original equipment for the sport and a bust of Wingfield himself can be seen at the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum.
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- Born
- Oct 16, 1833
Ruabon - Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Education
- Rossall School
- Died
- Apr 18, 1912
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on July 23, 2013
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