- Henry Prusoff
Henry J. Prusoff (born December 10, 1910, in
Cleveland ,Ohio ) was a top-ranked Americantennis player in both singles and doubles in the 1930s.Prusoff was ranked # 3 in doubles during the 1930s.
Tennis career
Prusoff won the singles and doubles titles at the Oregon State tennis championship in 1932.
Prusoff also won the singles title and reached the doubles final at the
Cincinnati Masters in 1934. He also won the Tri-State Tennis Tournament.In 1935, while ranked 13th in the United States, Prusoff sustained a very bad, near-fatal back injury from which he nevertheless eventually made a surprising recovery.
By 1939, Prusoff was ranked # 10 in singles in the U.S., and in 1940 he was ranked # 8.
Link
* [http://www.jewsinsports.org/profile.asp?sport=tennis&ID=37 Jews in Sports bio]
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