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July 13, 2000 From Althea Gibson to Venus Williams by Andrea Lewis I was born in 1957, the year that Althea Gibson became the first black woman to win Wimbledon. Back then, Gibson's name and accomplishments were as recognized in the black community as Michael Jordan's are now. It's taken more than four decades for another African-American woman to win the championship at the world's most respected tennis tournament. In fact, there are currently two black female champions at Wimbledon: Venus Williams and Serena Williams. Venus won the single's title and teamed up with sister Serena to win the doubles crown the first time sisters have ever accomplished the feat. Yet with all of the joy surrounding the Williams' triumph, it's sad to note that Althea Gibson has been reduced to little more than a footnote in sports history. "The first thing I thought when Venus won was, ‘Althea would have loved to be here today.’ It would have been great," tennis legend Billie Jean King told the Associated Press. One would almost assume from those words that Gibson died long ago. In fact, Gibson is 72 years old and lives in obscurity somewhere in East Orange, N.J. The Associated Press reports that "efforts to reach (Gibson) for comment were unsuccessful."

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Althea Gibson An exceptional athlete with a formidable serve, Althea Gibson (b.1927) won 56 titles in her career. A courageous champion, Gibson became the first black player in international tennis. Alice Marble , Gibson played at the U.S. championships in 1950 and then at Wimbledon in 1951. After earning her B.S. in 1953 and briefly retiring from tennis Gibson came roaring back in 1956, winning the French women's singles and doubles titles and Wimbledon doubles - the first black to win a Grand Slam event. In both 1957 and 1958 Gibson took the U.S. and Wimbledon singles crowns, becoming the No.1 player in the world. Gibson turned professional in 1959 and later pursued a variety of interests including a 10-year term as New Jersey State Athletic Commissioner. Awarded numerous honors, Gibson became the first woman recipient of the NCAA's Theodore Roosevelt Award in 1991. Althea Gibson with Shirley Fry Career Highlights 11 Grand Slam titles (5 Singles, 5 Doubles, 1 Mixed Doubles)

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Modern Era (1946 - present) Game, set, match. Althea Gibson playing tennis at Forest Hills, N.Y. Althea Gibson Won Again! July 6, 1957 Althea Gibson was fourteen years old when she took her first tennis lesson, and one year later, she won her first tournament. Gibson was a great athlete. She was the first African American to compete for the U.S. Nationals. She won many U.S. and international titles, but Althea Gibson had something much tougher than tennis tournaments to face. page 2 of 3 Home Jump Back in Time Modern Era (1946 - present) Althea Gibson ... Site Map

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52. Sports: Gibson Breaks Racial Barriers With Tennis Wins By BRUCE LOWITT. © St. Petersburg Times, published December 5, 1999. As a15year-old, althea gibson played paddle tennis on the streets of Harlem. http://www.sptimes.com/News/120599/Sports/Gibson_breaks_racial_.shtml

Home Sports columnists Hubert Mizell Gary Shelton Darrell Fry Buccaneers ... Outdoors News Sections Action Entertainment Business Citrus County ... Tampa Bay Featured areas AP The Wire Alive! Area Guide Auto ... Wheelfinder Weekly Sections Perspective Taste Tech Times Travel ... Weekend Other Sections Ongoing Stories Photo Reprints Photo Review Seniority ... Contact Us All Departments Gibson breaks racial barriers with tennis wins Althea Gibson becomes first black to take Wimbledon and U.S. Open titles. By BRUCE LOWITT As a 15-year-old, Althea Gibson played paddle tennis on the streets of Harlem. Fifteen years later, she defeated all challengers at the All England Lawn Tennis Club and the West Side Tennis Club, becoming the first black to conquer Wimbledon and the U.S. national championship. In 1958, she won both championships again. The 5-foot-11 right-hander had 11 career Grand Slam victories and earned entry into the International Tennis Hall of Fame. She was born on a cotton farm in South Carolina, grew up in Harlem and picked up tennis after a New York Police Athletic League coach saw her play paddleball. She was coaxed into joining PAL coach Buddy Walker at a nearby public tennis facility and immediately began to dominate her peers. "I just found that I had a skill at hitting that ball," she told a biographer in 1965. "And I enjoyed the competition."

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Trailblazing Room Althea Gibson Tennis Champion Growing up in New York City on the streets of Harlem, Althea Gibson did not seem like a future champion. She was rebellious, always getting into fights and skipping school. It was tennis that helped turn her life around. She began taking lessons in 1941 and quickly became a star player with the American Tennis Association (ATA), an African-American sports association. However, she was not allowed to play in tournaments sponsored by the leading amateur organization, the United States Lawn Tennis Association (USLTA). Those tournaments were played at exclusive all-white country clubs. In 1950, Gibson became the first player to cross that color barrier. By 1957, she was ranked number one in the world in women's singles. Althea Gibson was born on August 25, 1927, in Silver, South Carolina. When she was three, her parents, Daniel and Annie Gibson, moved north. They settled in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City. Althea was the oldest child in a family that later grew to include three more girls and a boy. She said she was also the most difficult child. She did not like rules and that included being told that she had to go to school. She often played hooky, preferring to spend her days playing basketball or baseball, or going bowling or to the movies. "I just wanted to play, play, play, " Gibson recalled. "My mother would send me out with money for bread, and I'd be out from morning to dark and not bring home the bread." After one year of high school, Althea dropped out.

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Althea Gibson Have you ever heard of Althea Gibson? She was born August 25, 1927 in Silver, South Carolina . Althea is known for playing tennis and other great sports. Also she was a great athlete. She was a famous tennis player. She was the first colored woman to play tennis. Althea was a great woman. Back then few black people were recognized. Althea was one of those few noticed people. She won lots of championships. Althea also played other sports like golf. She was a professional golfer. Althea was in the Ladies professional Golf Association. Althea still lives now but she is very sick. Toyomi, Igus. Great Women in the Struggle Orange; Just Us Books ink.,1991. Gibson,Althea."The World Encyclopeida", volume 8.,1993

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Althea Gibson Althea Gibson was born on a cotton farm in Silver South, Carolina on August 25,1927. She grew up in New York City. In 1950 she played tennis on the U.S. winning teams .She was one of the first African American woman to play tennis very well. She won tons of metals and lots of different tennis competions like the U.S. Open in 1957.Althea retired from tennis in1958 and became a professional golfer. Bibliography Hudson, Wade . AFRO-BETS Book of Black Heroes from A to Z. Just us Books,1988. Luis,Cantwell ,Paola Smith. Women Winners Then and Now . Time Inc, New York. 2000. Smallwood , David, West, Stan, Alison Keys . Profiles of Great African Americans . Lincolnwood, Illinois , 1996. Links

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PaddleTennis.Biz info@paddletennis.biz PaddleTennis.biz, LLC Unless otherwise indicated, all materials on these pages are property of PaddleTennis.Biz. Althea Gibson Tennis Champion Growing up in New York City on the streets of Harlem, Althea Gibson did not seem like a future champion. She was rebellious, always getting into fights and skipping school. It was tennis that helped turn her life around. She began taking lessons in 1941 and quickly became a star player with the American Tennis Association (ATA), an African-American sports association. However, she was not allowed to play in tournaments sponsored by the leading amateur organization, the United States Lawn Tennis Association (USLTA). Those tournaments were played at exclusive all-white country clubs. In 1950, Gibson became the first player to cross that color barrier. By 1957, she was ranked number one in the world in women's singles. Althea Gibson was born on August 25, 1927, in Silver, South Carolina. When she was three, her parents, Daniel and Annie Gibson, moved north. They settled in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City. Althea was the oldest child in a family that later grew to include three more girls and a boy. She said she was also the most difficult child. She did not like rules and that included being told that she had to go to school. She often played hooky, preferring to spend her days playing basketball or baseball, or going bowling or to the movies. "I just wanted to play, play, play, " Gibson recalled. "My mother would send me out with money for bread, and I'd be out from morning to dark and not bring home the bread." After one year of high school, Althea dropped out.

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need more beer? Home Encyclopeadia G Geo - Gha ... Rope Ladders Trellian WebPage Slider Search: The Web Encyclopaedia Shopping Index Help Encyclopaedia Gibson, Althea 1927-, U.S. tennis player, b. Silver, S.C. In 1948 she won the first of 10 straight national black women's singles championships. She was the first black to play in the U.S. grass court championships at Forest Hills, N.Y. (1950), and at Wimbledon, England (1951). In addition to many international tournament victories, she won both the U.S. and English women's singles championships in 1957 and 1958. She retired from competition in 1958. In 1971 she was named to the National Lawn Tennis Hall of Fame. See her autobiography, I Always Wanted to Be Somebody Add URL Advertise Contact Us Rope Ladder

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ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Althea Gibson Tennis great Althea Gibson was a woman of many firsts. Like her counterpart in baseball, Jackie Robinson, Gibson had to overcome the curse of segregation before she could even step on the court. But Gibson was determined and in 1950, when she was 23 years old, she became the first black permitted to play in the U.S. Nationals. In her historic debut, Gibson defeated Barbara Knapp in straight sets. Her second-round match on the grass of Forest Hills was against Louise Brough, who had won the previous three Wimbledons. After being routed 6-1 in the first set, Gibson recovered to win the second set 6-3 and led 7-6 in the third when a thunderstorm struck, halting the match. When it resumed the next day, Gibson dropped three straight games to lose the match. From that point on, however, she continued to break down the color barrier in tennis. 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. Despite the fact that she was a champion, as well as the first black to be voted by the Associated Press as its Female Athlete of the Year (won in both 1957 and 1958), she still had to deal with racism.

60. Neighbors District 2 Board of Trustees finally approved the renaming of the MHS tennis courtsfrom the Manning High tennis Complex to the althea gibson tennis Complex on http://www.clarendontoday.com/Pages/021402/Neighbors/neighbors.html

Home News Sports Schools ... more neighbors MHS tennis courts renamed in honor of Althea Gibson By Schwann Henry, Manning Times Intern At the age of 3, Gibson and her parents, who were sharecroppers, moved to Harlem. Described as somewhat of a tomboy, Gibson enjoyed playing many sports, including basketball, stickball and paddle tennis. She won a paddle tennis championship in 1939 and began taking lessons at the Cosmopolitan Tennis Club in 1941. She later entered and won her first tournament, sponsored by the all-black American Tennis Association (ATA), which she began playing for in 1945, winning several tournaments. Gibson also won the New York state championships six times from 1944 to 1950. After graduation, she moved to Jefferson City, Mo., and started working with tennis coach Sydney Llewellyn. She then traveled throughout Southeast Asia on a U.S. State Department-sponsored Goodwill tennis tour in 1955, and won the French Championships in 1956. She then won the All-England Championships at Wimbledon and the U.S. National Tennis Championships at Forest Hills, and won Wimbledon and Forest Hills and retired from amateur tennis in 1958.

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