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TORNEO LEW HOAD SENIORS TENNIS CLASSIC POSTER JULY 1994 w / 14 LEGENDARY SIGNEES
$ 59.4
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This is an Authentic Rare Tennis Poster of the TORNEO LEW HOAD SENIORS TENNIS CLASSIC POSTER JULY 13-17 1994 w / 14 LEGENDARY SIGNEES ( see below ) . It comes from a very largeTennis & Sports Memorabilia Collection amassed by the famous Australian Tennis Hall of
Famer, **FRED STOLLE,
during his many years on the world Amateur & Professional Tennis Circuit, & later as a worldwide tennis commentator & Tennis Coach.
The 14 Legendary Players took part in Lew Hoad's* Commemorative Tournament ...he passed away on July 3rd 1994 aged 59... & signed their autographs on the Poster.
Rod Laver / Ken Rosewall / Butch Bucholz / Michael Davis / Roger Taylor / Manuel Orantes / Manolo Santana / Fred Stolle / Paul McNamee / Bob Carmichael / Peter McNamara /
Buster Mottram / Trevor Fancutt / Charlie Fancutt
Fred knows all of the above Legends personally & has travelled with them all over the United States & overseas, playing with them in Tournaments, giving Tennis Clinics, Exhibitions etc., so he can guarantee 100%, that all of the signatures in his collection are completely genuine.
This particular 19 1/2" x 13 1/2" Poster, shows a slight scratch mark next to the 'ATP' & minor horizontal folding, but is still in Very Good Condition, having been kept in cardboard tubing, in an air-conditioned storage facility.
The Poster will be shipped in a Mailing Tube, expertly packed, with Brown Paper Sheeting.
This is an unbelievable Collection of Signatures of famous Tennis Legends all on one Poster, that any true Tennis Collector would enjoy!
*
Lew Hoad
was an Australian
tennis player
whose career ran from the early 1950s through the early 1970s. He won 4
Grand Slam
tournaments as an amateur (Australian, French & two Wimbledon titles), & was a member of the
Australian team
that won the
Davis Cup
4 times between 1952 and 1956..
He holds the men's all-time record for the youngest player to be ranked world No. 1, in 1953, at age 19 years 38 days..Serious back problems plagued Hoad throughout his career,
& eventually
led to his effective retirement from tennis .
In the Open era, he
was seeded No. 7 for the 1968 open Wimbledon Championships & seeded No. 12 for the 1970 French Open championships