- Vere St. Leger Goold
Vere St. Leger Leger Goold (
October 2 1853 inWaterford ,Ireland -September 8 1909 Devil's Island ,French Guiana penal colony) was an Irishtennis player.Wimbledon finalist of 1879, Vere (St.Leger) Goold was convicted (along with his French wife) of the murder of Danish woman, Emma Liven. He died in 1909 at the age of 55 on
Devil's Island , the notorious prison inFrench Guiana , having survived imprisonment only one year. However in 1879 he became the Irish tennis champion after drubbing his opponent, C.D. Barry, 8–6, 8–6 in the final. Vere then tried his luck at Wimbledon and fell in the finals to ReverendJohn Hartley , 6–2, 6–4, 6–2. After an illness and two losses to the greatWilliam Renshaw , his tennis career went downhill until he disappeared from the scene by 1883.External links
* [http://aeltc.wimbledon.org/en_GB/about/history/murderer.html Murder Off the Grass Court] (From [http://www.wimbledon.org/ Wimbledon official site] )
References
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Bud Collins : "Total Tennis: The Ultimate Tennis Encyclopedia" (2003 edition, ISBN 0-9731443-4-3, Sport Media Publishing Inc.) See page 771.
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