Description: HILLYARD, GEORGE 1908 OLYMIC GOLD MEDAL TENNIS CHAMPION ORIGINAL INK AUTOGRAPH EXCELLENT ORIGINAL INK SIGNATURE OF GEORGE HILLYARD THE 1908 OLYMPIC CHAMPION IN MEN’S DOUBLES TENNIS (ALONGSIDE REGINALD DOHERTY) TAKEN FROM THE END OF A LETTER & LAID DOWN TO AN ALBUM PAGE OVERALL SIZE 4 ¼” x 1 ¾”. VERY GOOD CLEAN CONDITION, PLEASE REFER TO THE DETAILED IMAGE ABOVE. George Whiteside Hillyard (6th February 1864 – 24th March 1943) was a male tennis player & cricketer from the United Kingdom. Under his supervision as secretary of the All-England Club from 1907 to 1925, the Wimbledon Championships moved to its current site at Church Road. Hillyard also excelled at cricket and golf. Hillyard married Blanche Bingley (1863–1946) in Greenford on the 13th July 1887, one week after the Wimbledon final. She had won the Wimbledon Championships in the previous year, and would win another five singles titles at Wimbledon alone until 1900. n 1889, Hillyard played the Wimbledon singles for the first time. He lost his quarter-final match against Harry Barlow in straight sets. He reached the doubles final twice at Wimbledon with Ernest Lewis in 1889 and 1890, but lost to the Renshaw brothers and Joshua Pim & Frank Stoker, respectively. Alongside Harry Scrivener, he won the doubles title at the British Covered Court Championships in 1890 and 1891. The following years, his focus shifted again to cricket, playing for Leicestershire, until 1896 when he won the singles, doubles, singles handicap and mixed doubles (with his wife) at Monte Carlo. In 1908, he competed at the London Olympic Games and won the gold medal in doubles alongside Reginald Doherty. PLEASE ALSO TAKE A LOOK AT OUR E-BAY SHOP, FULLY STOCKED WITH NUMEROUS (2000+) OTHER ITEMS OF TOP QUALITY SPORTS MEMORABILIA, LISTINGS INCLUDING: CRICKET, FOOTBALL, TENNIS, RUGBY, GOLF, BOXING, OLYMPIC GAMES etc, BY CLICKING ON THE ‘SEE SELLERS OTHERS ITEMS’ OR ‘VISIT SHOP’ LINKS ON THE UPPER RIGHT-HAND SIDE OF THIS PAGE, OR SIMPLY TYPE IN gilber512 TO THE SEARCH BAR AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE. Bid and buy with confidence - we are one of the UK's leading sports memorabilia dealers, with over forty years of experience and have been an established eBay seller since 2004. PLEASE NOTE OUR PAYMENT POLICY WHEN BUYING - We accept payment by Paypal, UK customers ONLY can pay by Sterling Cheques or Cash. We do not accept Credit Card payments, International Cheques or Money Orders, thank you. Listing and template services provided by inkFrog
Price: 125 GBP
Location: HERTFORDSHIRE
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Sport: Summer Olympics
Type: Autographs
Event: London 1908
Period: 1900s
Autographed: Autographed
Name: HILLYARD, GEORGE 1908 OLYMIC GOLD MEDAL TENNIS CHAMPION
