- Walter Wesbrook
Walter Kenneth Wesbrook (born
June 6 ,1898 ,Detroit, Michigan ; diedJanuary 22 ,1991 ,Los Angeles, California ) was an Americantennis player and coach.In 1923, he reached the doubles final at the U.S. Clay Court championship with John Hennessey before falling to brothers Howard and Robert Kinsey of San Francisco, 6–4, 13-11, 6–3. Later that year, he won the Western Lawn Tennis Association championship over
George Lott , 6–1, 9–7, 7–5.He played and coached collegiate tennis at the
University of Michigan . As a player, he won theBig Ten singles titles in 1919 and 1920, and the Big Ten doubles title with Nicholas Bartz in 1919. By 1921, he was the coach at Michigan, and went 8–3 in his one season there.At the
Cincinnati Masters tournament, Wesbrook reached the singles and doubles finals in 1920. He lost the singles title in four tough sets to Hennessey, and, with partner Kenneth Simmons, he lost the doubles final to the team of Hennessey andFritz Bastian in five sets: 3–6, 4–6, 6–2, 7–5, 2–6.After his playing career, Wesbrook became a teacher and tennis coach at the
Polytechnic School inPasadena, California . He also competed in the Senior Olympics and holds numerous national track and field records for the 75-79 and 80-84 age groups.External links
* [http://bentley.umich.edu/athdept/tennmen/tennmen.htm University of Michigan Men's Tennis History page]
* [http://jcgi.pathfinder.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,716231,00.html TIME magazine article on 1923 Clay Court championships, July 23, 1923]
* [http://jcgi.pathfinder.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,727344,00.html TIME article on 1923 Western Lawn Tennis Association championships]
* [http://graphics.fansonly.com/photos/schools/ill/sports/m-tennis/auto_pdf/BigTenMTNRecords.pdf Big Ten tennis champions, 1910-2004 (PDF file)]
* [http://www.trivia-library.com/c/senior-olympic-records-for-people-over-age-70-part-2.htm Senior Olympics records for people over 70]
* [http://www.polytechnic.org/publications/OTTF02.pdf Oak Tree Times (Polytechnic School newsletter) reference]
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