DON BUDGE - FIRST DAY COVER SIGNED - HFSID 155827
Sale Price $126.00
Reg. $140.00
DON BUDGE
He signs on this FDC honoring the Olympic Torch 1984
First Day CoverSigned: "Don Budge". 3½x5½, white postal card with b/w cachet honoring the
Olympic Torch 13¢ Postal Card 1984. Postmarked Los Angeles, California, April 30, 1984.
Tennis great Don Budge (1915-2000) was the first player ever to win tennis' Grand
Slam: Wimbledon, the U.S., French and Australian Opens (1938). He then turned
professional and played mostly head-to-head matches, as there was no professional tour at that
time. Budge wasranked No.1 in the world for five years. He joined the U.S. Army Air
Force to serve in WWII, and in 1943, tore a shoulder muscle that did not hinder his military
service but effectively ended his reign as tennis' No. 1. After his retirement, he coached and
conducted tennis clinics for children. The Associated Press named Don Budge 1937's "Athlete
of the Year", and he became the first tennis player to ever be voted the James E. Sullivan
Award as America's top amateur athlete.Budge was inducted into the International Tennis
Hall of Fame in 1964. Fine condition.
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