81. Althea Gibson, 1959 Pan-American Games Tennis Champion, Dies At 76 althea gibson, black woman tennis and golf pioneer, has died. gibson broke into the major ranks of tennis in 1950 when she competed in the US National http://www.internationalgames.net/news/0903/034.htm

HOME INTERNATIONAL GAMES MONTHLY NEWS NEWS BY NATIONS ... SEARCH Althea Gibson, 1959 Pan-American Games tennis champion, dies at 76 September 28, 2003 Althea Gibson, black woman tennis and golf pioneer, has died. Gibson broke into the major ranks of tennis in 1950 when she competed in the U.S. National Tennis Championships. In 1956 she won the French championships, and in 1957 and 1958 both the US Nationals and Wimbledon. Gibson then entered into a one year planned retirement, saying that she had won tournaments, but could not afford to play tennis because there was no money in it. She came out of retirement to win the gold medal at the 1959 Pan-American Games in Chicago, but similar remarks involving money and professionalism sparked a mild controversy and investigation by the assembled Congress of the Pan American Games Sport organization. The congress voted unanimously to "examine the case and if the comments attributed to the winning athlete in individual tennis are found to be true, to make a public and energetic condemnation of such sport misconduct." Gibson stated, "All I said was that I've got to start making some money. I didn't take a slap at amateur tennis. It's a sad day when a person can't express an opinion. It's no secret to anyone that I'm open to the right pro offer." Gibson had been talking of touring as a professional for several months prior to the Pan-American Games.

82. New York Post Online Edition: Learncenter Before tennis champion althea gibson ruled the tennis courts, she had to break racial barriers. Read more about this champion who was born to win. http://www.nypost.com/learncenter/cextra/030204/class.htm

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84. Althea Gibson FAMU Sports Legend althea gibson Passes Away Sunday at Age 75 She didn t just win tennis tournaments; she carried herself as lady of character and http://www.famu.edu/about/admin/vppa/News/Althea_Gibson/althea_gibson.html

DEVELOPMENT NEWS PUBLIC AFFAIRS FOUNDATION ... DONOR RELATIONS INDUSTRY CLUSTER CAREER CENTER PUBLICATIONS Contact: Al Hollins/Ronnie Johnson (850) 599-3200/561-2701 FAMU Sports Legend Althea Gibson Passes Away Sunday at Age 75 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Sept. 29) – Althea Gibson, one America's most respected and revered female athletes passed away Sunday in New Jersey after a lengthy illness. She was 75. A trailblazing athlete who became the first African American to win championships at Grand Slam tournaments such as Wimbledon, the French Open and the United States Open in the late 1950s, Gibson had a scintillating amateur career in spite of segregated offerings earlier in the decade. She won 56 singles and doubles titles during her amateur career in the 1950s, before gaining international and national acclaim for her athletic prowess on the professional level in tennis. Gibson won 11 major titles in the late 1950s, including singles titles at the French Open (1956), Wimbledon (1957, 1958) and the U.S. Open (1957, 1958), as well as three straight doubles crowns at the French Open (1956, 1957, 1958). She was named the winner of the Associated Press and Babe Zaharias Woman Athlete of the Year awards in 1957-58. In 1962, she became the first African American woman on the Ladies Professional Golf Association Tour, competing in 171 tournaments through 1977.

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86. Golfing Pioneer Althea Gibson Dies At 76 | United States Golf Association althea gibson broke racial barriers in tennis and golf. althea gibson, who played in 10 US Women s Open championships, died Sunday at the age of 76. http://www.usga.org/news/2003/september/gibson.html

var menuL1 = "USGA News"; var menuL2 = "Archives"; var menuL3 = "2003 Archives"; var menuL4 = ""; var photo = "/news/images/photos/news"; Golfing Pioneer Althea Gibson Dies at 76 Althea Gibson broke racial barriers in tennis and golf. (USGA Photo Archives) By David Normoyle, USGA November 6, 2003 Althea Gibson, who played in 10 U.S. Women's Open championships, died Sunday at the age of 76. A preternaturally gifted athlete, Gibson found her first calling as an amateur tennis star by twice winning at Wimbledon and the U.S. Open before turning her attention to the world of ladies' professional golf. Gibson broke existing racial barriers in both sports by becoming the first black female tennis champion and the first black member of the LPGA. Though she paved the way for future generations of black athletes, Gibson's accomplishments on the game's playing fields place her among sport's greatest athletes. Gibson was born Aug. 25, 1927 in Silver, S.C., the daughter of a sharecropper. She moved to Harlem as a young girl and through the Police Athletic League programs was soon identified as a natural at tennis. Due to her modest financial background and with her star in tennis on the rise, Gibson was dependent on the support of generous family friends to make ends meet. In 1958, at the pinnacle of the tennis world after winning her second consecutive Wimbledon and U.S. Open championships, Gibson announced her retirement from amateur sport. Frankly, at 31 years old, Gibson needed to make money; success on the amateur level did not support her financially. For a time she pursued a career as a singer, making several records and appearing on the Ed Sullivan Show, and even toured briefly with the Harlem Globetrotters, but she soon abandoned those pursuits in favor of professional golf.

87. Althea Gibson Dies At 76 gibson, a sports pioneer who broke tennis color barrier in the 1950s as the althea did a lot for people in tennis, but she did even more for people in http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2003/09/29/obituary092

88. Cobb: RIP Althea Gibson It s probably not fair to talk about myself, althea gibson and Arthur Ashe in the same sentence. Not only did gibson play tennis, she wore a short fro. http://www.mdcbowen.org/cobb/archives/000779.html

Cobb « Voice of the People Main PWVD » September 28, 2003 RIP Althea Gibson It's probably not fair to talk about myself, Althea Gibson and Arthur Ashe in the same sentence. We don't have very much in common. But knowing that Gibson had done what she had done made it easier for me to believe I could do what I wanted. There may have been a time that I thought I might like to play tennis, but it was strictly part of its snob appeal. There were courts in the neighborhood over by the public pool. The local pro was a fellow who went by the name of 'Bruzz' or 'Buzz'. So we knew that there were black tennis players around the way. We mostly cared about putting old tennis balls in the spokes of our bicycle wheels. Tennis seemed incredibly rich. This was back in the days when a christmas bicycle costing $60 was worth waiting the entire year. So spending $2 or $3 for three white balls was unthinkable. Just looking at those huge baskets of balls spilling over in the corners of the courts made us delerious. In those days, all the balls were white and nobody thought the new yellow balls would last. So we kids who hung out on the periphery of the tennis courts waiting for a prize to fly over the fence most eagerly coveted a Slazenger. It had a black panther on it. Not only did Gibson play tennis, she wore a short fro. She wasn't particularly glamorous, but she did what she did in spite of everyone's preconceptions. She was an incontestable fact and proof that we as a people could do anything at all, considering that nobody really wanted to do what she did.

89. Althea Gibson (Reference) Learn about the life of tennis great althea gibson. althea gibson, 1927 tennis Player Birthplace Silver, SC. althea was born on a cotton farm in South http://www.teachervision.fen.com/page/4566.html

var do_survey = 1; Explore Our Sites... Family Education Network Home PARENTS FamilyEducation MySchoolOnline TEACHERS TeacherVision Quiz Lab MyGradeBook MySchoolOnline REFERENCE Infoplease Fact Monster KIDS FEkids FunBrain Fact Monster Members - Sign In Become a Member Membership Help Teacher Sweepstakes ... Help Althea Gibson Tennis Player Birthplace: Silver, SC Althea was born on a cotton farm in South Carolina; her parents were sharecroppers. A New York Police Athletic League coach who saw Althea playing paddleball in Harlem encouraged her to play tennis. In 1948 she won the first of ten straight national black women's singles championships. While being interviewed by a biographer Althea recalled, "I just found that I had a skill at hitting that ball. And I enjoyed the competition." In 1957, Gibson became the first African-American woman to not only compete, but to win a Wimbledon singles title. In 1958, Gibson was both a Wimbledon and U.S. National tennis champion. "People thought I was ruthless," Gibson said. "I was. I didn't give a darn who was on the other side of the net. I'd knock you down if you got in the way. I just wanted to play my best." Althea retired from competition in 1958. In 1971, she was named to the National Lawn Tennis Hall of Fame. After a remarkable career and almost 100 professional titles, including five Grand Slam crowns, Althea took up golf and became the first African American to earn an LPGA card. In 1958, her autobiography I Always Wanted to Be Somebody was published.

90. Find A Grave Cemetery Records- Althea Gibson Professional tennis Player. A tennis player at the age of 15 she began playing althea gibson was named Woman Athlete of the Year in 1957 and 1958. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7919058&pt=Althea Gibson

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"I always wanted to be somebody. If I made it, it's half because I was game enough to take a lot of punishment along the way and half because there were a lot of people who cared enough to help me." Find Athletes 1980 U.S. Hockey Team Hank Aaron Muhammad Ali Lance Armstrong Geese Ausbie Roger Bannister Bonnie Blair Brian Boitano Terry Bradshaw Tim Brauch Jim Brown Owen Churchill Roberto Clemente Dominique Dawes Gertrude Ederle Althea Gibson Marilyn Hamilton Mia Hamm Howard Head Sonja Henie Betsy Jochum Michael Jordan Billie Jean King Sandy Koufax Abraham Lincoln Bobby Morrow First Modern Olympics Arnold Palmer Pel© James L. Plimpton Jackie Robinson Bill Russell Babe Ruth John L. Sullivan Jim Thorpe Kristi Yamaguchi view larger Gibson wore this traditional Fred Perry tennis shirt and Ted Tingling skirt in the 1957 Wimbledon tournament. view description Althea Gibson First Black Wimbledon Competitor and Champ Althea Gibson's trail-blazing tennis career delivered a crushing defeat to segregation. The poor South Carolina girl learned to play championship tennis at recreation and club programs in Harlem, New York. Gibson's success in the all-black American Tennis Association (ATA) gave her the confidence she needed to pursue the sport. Gibson turned that opportunity into a launching pad to a college education and a career in tennis. Gibson's dazzling performances at ATA tournaments and pressure from white tennis champion Alice Marble finally convinced the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association to cross the racial divide. In 1950, Gibson was the first African American woman to take to the court at the U.S. National Championships.

92. RedNova News - General - Tennis Pioneer Althea Gibson Dies At 76 althea gibson was an intensely private person whose public triumphs and commitment to helping others left an indelible mark on generations of athletes. http://www.rednova.com/news/general/16657/tennis_pioneer_althea_gibson_dies_at_7

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94. Althea Gibson - Silver Chips Online althea gibson, the first black allowed to play tennis at the US National Championships and the first to win the French championships. Click here to enlarge. http://silverchips.mbhs.edu/inside.php?sid=4887

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96. SIKIDS•News Alice wrote a letter to a popular tennis magazine. If althea gibson represents a challenge to the present crop of players, she wrote, then it’s only fair http://www.sikids.com/news/blackhistorymonth/althea.html

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98. WTATour.com - Official Site Of The Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Celebrating Black History Month Remembering althea gibson During a time when tennis was a mostly segregated sport, gibson defied the times and became http://www.wtatour.com/newsroom/stories/NewsArticle_6040_rx.asp

Find Player: SONY ERICSSON WTA TOUR RANKINGS PRIZE MONEY PORSCHE RACE TO THE CHAMPIONSHIPS STATISTICS ... TENNIS LINKS February 3, 2005 Celebrating Black History Month: Remembering Althea Gibson History-maker is an understatement in describing this champion. Althea Gibson broke barriers and overcame more challenges than most in the game of tennis. During a time when tennis was a mostly segregated sport, Gibson defied the times and became the first African American to compete in the U.S. Championships, now the US Open, at Forest Hills in 1950. She was 23. Afterwards, she became the first African American to be invited to play at the very traditional Championships at Wimbledon in 1951. Already a pioneer, even though that was never her intention, she went on to become the first African American to win on the red clay of Roland Garros in 1956. The following year, she continued to make history, capturing the Wimbledon and U.S. Championships titles in 1957. She won at Wimbledon and Forest Hills not just once, but twice, capturing both titles again in 1958. Born on Aug. 25, 1927, in a small town called Silver in South Carolina, Gibson moved with her family to grow up in Harlem. She had limited means, but was a natural athlete, standing at 5 feet 6 inches with a strong attacking tennis game. Gibson's skills caught the attention of Dr. Walter Johnson, who was active in the African American tennis community. He helped her receive better coaching to develop her game, and eventually, Gibson broke into the tennis world, becoming one of the greatest champions of the sport.

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