H. WILFRED "BUNNY" AUSTIN - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 04/14/1937 - HFSID 167286
Sale Price $198.00
Reg. $220.00
H. WILFRED "BUNNY" AUSTIN
Tennis player H. Wilfred Austin wrote this letter to an autograph
hunter in 1937.
Autograph letter signed "H.W. Austin". 1 page, 5½x7. April
4, 1937. In full: "Dear Mr. Gee I have with much pleasure signed the
enclosed photographs. I was wondering if I might asked you to send me one? I
[illegible] it's so very good. Yours sincerely". In 1937, Austin lost the
singles championship at the French Open to Nazi Germany's Henner Henkel. British
tennis player Austin (1906-2000), born Henry Wilfred Austin, was one
of the highest ranked tennis players in the world in the 1930s, with a total
of seven Grand Slam championships to his credit, including the singles at
Wimbledon (1932 and 1938), the U. S. Open (1928 and 1929) and the French Open
(1937) and the mixed doubles at Wimbledon (1934) and the French Open (1931). He
was also an important member of the dominant British team that claimed four
consecutive Davis Cups between 1933 and 1936. But his greatest impact today,
oddly enough, is in tennis fashion, not tennis play. In 1932, Austin became
the first person to appear at Wimbledon in shorts instead of traditional
white flannel trousers. That was also the year he lost the singles
championship to Ellsworth Vines at Wimbledon. Lightly creased. Folded in half
and unfolded. Otherwise in fine condition.
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