1. HickokSports.com - Biography - Althea Gibson Sports background of tennis player althea gibson from childhood to adult. http://www.hickoksports.com/biograph/gibsonalthea.shtml

Sports Biographies Alpha Index Index by Sport Index of Women Gibson, Althea Tennis b. Aug. 25, 1927, Silver, SC Something of a tomboy as a youngster in Harlem, Gibson played basketball, stickball, and paddle tennis. She won her age group New York City paddle tennis championship in 1939 and then began taking lessons at the Cosmopolitan Tennis Club. In 1946, a well-to-do black doctor, Hubert Eaton of Wilmington, NC, took her in to help advance her career. Barred from public courts because she was black, she practiced on Dr. Eaton's backyard court. Gibson began playing in the all-black American Tennis Association tournaments in 1945 and won ten straight women's singles titles, from 1947 through 1956. She was the first black to play in the national indoor tournament, in early 1950, and she finished second, which should have won her an invitation to the U. S. National at Forest Hills. No invitation came until after a letter from former champion Alice Marble appeared in the July issue of American Lawn Tennis magazine. Marble wrote, in part, "If Althea Gibson represents a challenge to the present crop of players, then it's only fair that they meet this challenge on the courts." It took Gibson a while to adjust to the stronger competition she was now facing, but she broke through by winning the French and Italian singles championships in 1956. She also teamed with Angela Buxton to win the women's doubles events at Wimbledon and in the French championship.

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zJs=10 zJs=11 zJs=12 zJs=13 zc(5,'jsc',zJs,9999999,'') About History Women's History Women in Sports ... Today in Women's History zau(256,152,145,'gob','http://z.about.com/5/ad/go.htm?gs='+gs,''); About Women: Biographies African American Air, Space, Science, Math Art, Music. Writing. Media ... Help zau(256,138,125,'el','http://z.about.com/0/ip/417/0.htm','');w(xb+xb); Stay Current Subscribe to the About Women's History newsletter. Search Women's History Althea Gibson August 25 , 1927 - September 28, 2003) Photo by Carl Van Vechten courtesy Library of Congress. Tennis, which first came to the United States in the late 19th century, by the middle of the 20th century had become part of a culture of health and fitness. Public programs brought tennis to children in poor neighborhoods, though those children couldn't dream of playing in the elite tennis clubs. One young girl named Althea Gibson lived in Harlem in the 1930s and 1940s. Her family was on welfare. She was a client of the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children. She had trouble in school and was often truant. She ran away from home frequently. Photo by Carl Van Vechten courtesy Library of Congress.

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ALTHEA GIBSON Tennis Player Gibson was a tennis sensation in the 1950s, a daughter of sharecroppers whose triumph at the French Tennis Championships of 1956 made her the first black woman ever to win a major singles title. The next year she won singles titles at both Wimbledon and the U.S. Championships, and repeated the feat in 1958. Gibson retired as an amateur after the 1958 season, having become an acclaimed public figure. She later toured as a celebrity with the Harlem globetrotters and then (like Babe Zaharias ) chose golf as a second career, playing on the LPGA tour from 1964-71. She was inducted into the Tennis Hall of Fame in 1971. Extra credit : Gibson is often compared to her fellow tennis pioneer Arthur Ashe and to two 21st-century African-American tennis stars, Venus and Serena Williams. Gisbon joins Harriet Tubman in our special loop on Black History Tennis Hall of Fame: Althea Gibson A good basic biography, plus a short Grand Slam record Women's Top 100: Althea Gibson Sports Illustrated names her a top athlete of the 20th century Official Website of Althea Gibson A bit out of date, but with a good timeline of her life and career

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6. Althea Gibson, 1971 Enshrinee: International Tennis Hall Of Fame Life, sports career, and stats for this 1971 Enshrinee. http://www.tennisfame.com/enshrinees/althea_gibson.html

Home About Us Enshrinees Calendar of Events Museum Membership Press Center Tournament Facility Use Lawn Tennis Club Indoor Tennis Club Professional Instruction Architectural History Information Research Center Hall of Fame Awards Newport Casino Tennis Links Contact Information Directions CLASS OF 1971 Born: August 25, 1927, Silver, South Carolina, United States Died: September 28, 2003 Citizenship: United States Handed: Right BIOGRAPHY No player overcame more obstacles to become a champion than Althea Gibson, the first black to win at Wimbledon and Forest Hills. Her entry in the U.S. Championships of 1950 at Forest Hills was historic: the first appearance of an American black in that event. It took seven more years for Gibson to work her way to the championship there, in 1957. Tennis was pretty much a segregated sport in the U.S. until the American Tennis Association, the governing body for black tournaments, prevailed on the U.S. Tennis Association to permit the ATA female champion, Gibson, to enter Forest Hills. Two years earlier in 1948, Dr. Reginald Weir, a New York physician, was the first black permitted in a USTA championship, playing in the U.S. Indoor event. Althea's first appearance at Forest Hills was not only a notable occasion it was nearly a moment of staggering triumph. Making her historic debut in a 6-2, 6-2 win over Barbara Knapp, she encountered in the second round third-seeded

7. ESPN.com: CLASSIC - Black Tennis Pioneer Althea Gibson Dies At 76 althea gibson, the first black woman to win the French Open, Wimbledon, and the U.S. Open, died on September 28. She was 76. ORANGE, N.J. althea gibson, a sports pioneer who broke the color barrier in tennis in the 1950s who cofounded the althea gibson Foundation. The charitable organization, based http://espn.go.com/classic/obit/news/2003/0928/1625394.html

sLgTgRedirStr = ""; document.write( ''); document.write( ''); ESPN Network: ESPN NBA.com NHL.com ABC ... Fantasy SEARCH ESPN ESPN Web SPORT SECTIONS M Col. BB Tourney Scores NBA ... More Sports Sunday, September 28 Updated: October 7, 3:13 PM ET Gibson served as model for Williams sisters ESPN.com news services EAST ORANGE, N.J. Althea Gibson, a sports pioneer who broke the color barrier in tennis in the 1950s as the first black woman to win Wimbledon and U.S. national titles, died on September 28. She was 76. Two-time Wimbledon champ Gibson hit her stride in 1957. Gibson, seriously ill for several years, died of respiratory failure at a hospital in East Orange, N.J., after spending two days in the intensive care ward, said Fran Gray, a longtime friend who co-founded the Althea Gibson Foundation. The charitable organization, based in Newark, was created to help urban youth develop their skills in tennis and golf. "Her contribution to the civil rights movement was done with her tennis racket," Gray said. Gibson was the first black to compete in the U.S. championships, in 1950, and at Wimbledon, in 1951. However, it wasn't until several years later that she began to win major tournaments, including the Wimbledon and U.S. championships in 1957 and 1958, the French Open, and three doubles titles at Wimbledon (1956-58). "Who could have imagined? Who could have thought?" Gibson said in 1988 as she presented her Wimbledon trophies to the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History.

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MSN Home My MSN Hotmail Search ... Money ESPN Network: ESPN.com NBA.com NHL.com WNBA.com ... ESPNdeportes Althea Gibson broke barriers By Larry Schwartz Special to ESPN.com Before Althea Gibson could play much less win major tennis tournaments, another opponent had to be defeated. But Gibson had less control against this foe, which went by the name segregation. Jackie Robinson played in the major leagues (1947) before a black was permitted to play tennis at the U.S. National Championships. But cracks soon developed in the lily-white sport. And finally, in 1950, when Gibson was 23 years old, she was permitted to play at the U.S. Nationals, becoming the first black to compete in the tournament. She also later cracked the color barrier at Wimbledon. In 1956, Gibson made history by becoming the first black person to win the French championships. The next year, she made more history by winning Wimbledon and the U.S. Nationals, the first black to win either. She must have liked winning the world's two most prestigious tournaments, too, because she repeated the accomplishments in 1958. The 5-foot-11 right-hander had a strong serve and preferred to play an attacking game. An athletic woman, she had good foot speed, which allowed her to cover the court. As the years went on, she became more consistent from the baseline. Including six doubles titles, she won a total of 11 Grand Slam events on her way to the International Tennis Hall of Fame and the International Women's Sports Hall of Fame.

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Modern Era (1946 - present) Althea Gibsona woman of many "firsts" Althea Gibson Won Again! July 6, 1957 Have you ever been the first person to do something? Maybe in a sport or at school? Long before Monica Seles, Steffi Graf, or Chris Evert won the women's singles title at the Wimbledon tennis tournament in England, there was Althea Gibson. Gibson not only won the title on July 6, 1957, she was the first African American (male or female) to win a tennis championship at Wimbledon. The Wimbledon title was just the beginning of a long line of Gibson "firsts." page 1 of 3 Home Jump Back in Time Modern Era (1946 - present) Althea Gibson Site Map

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14. Althea Gibson, 1971 Enshrinee: International Tennis Hall Of Fame gibson won 114 of 118 matches. althea tried to play a few pro tennisevents after open tennis began in 1968, but was too old. http://www.tennisfame.org/enshrinees/althea_gibson.html

Home About Us Enshrinees Calendar of Events Museum Membership Press Center Tournament Facility Use Lawn Tennis Club Indoor Tennis Club Professional Instruction Architectural History Information Research Center Hall of Fame Awards Newport Casino Tennis Links Contact Information Directions CLASS OF 1971 Born: August 25, 1927, Silver, South Carolina, United States Died: September 28, 2003 Citizenship: United States Handed: Right BIOGRAPHY No player overcame more obstacles to become a champion than Althea Gibson, the first black to win at Wimbledon and Forest Hills. Her entry in the U.S. Championships of 1950 at Forest Hills was historic: the first appearance of an American black in that event. It took seven more years for Gibson to work her way to the championship there, in 1957. Tennis was pretty much a segregated sport in the U.S. until the American Tennis Association, the governing body for black tournaments, prevailed on the U.S. Tennis Association to permit the ATA female champion, Gibson, to enter Forest Hills. Two years earlier in 1948, Dr. Reginald Weir, a New York physician, was the first black permitted in a USTA championship, playing in the U.S. Indoor event. Althea's first appearance at Forest Hills was not only a notable occasion it was nearly a moment of staggering triumph. Making her historic debut in a 6-2, 6-2 win over Barbara Knapp, she encountered in the second round third-seeded

15. AP Wire 09/28/2003 Black Tennis Pioneer Althea Gibson Dies 28, 2003. Black tennis Pioneer althea gibson Dies. DEEPTI HAJELA althea gibson, a sports pioneer who broke the color barrier in tennis in the 1950s as the first black woman http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/sports/6883634.htm

16. HALL OF FAMER ALTHEA GIBSON DIES The International tennis Hall of Fame mourns the loss of althea gibson, a 1971Hall of Famer. Below is the information released by the Associated Press. http://www.tennisfame.org/PressCenter/gibson.html

P R E S S C E N T E R Home About Us Enshrinees Calendar of Events Museum Membership Press Center Tournament 2003 Facility Use Lawn Tennis Club Indoor Tennis Club Professional Instruction Architectural History Information Research Center Hall of Fame Awards Newport Casino Tennis Links Contact Information Directions For Immediate Release September 29, 2003 HALL OF FAMER ALTHEA GIBSON DIES The International Tennis Hall of Fame mourns the loss of Althea Gibson, a 1971 Hall of Famer. Below is the information released by the Associated Press. Associated Press - September 29, 2003 EAST ORANGE, N.J. (AP) Althea Gibson , a sports pioneer who broke the color barrier in tennis in the 1950s as the first black woman to win Wimbledon and the U.S. national title, died Sunday. She was 76. Gibson, seriously ill for several years, died of respiratory failure at a hospital in East Orange, N.J., after spending two days in the intensive care ward, said Fran Gray, a longtime friend who co-founded the Althea Gibson Foundation. "Her contribution to the civil rights movement was done with her tennis racket," Gray said.

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