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Topic: Bill Talbert


In the News (Mon 28 May 12)

  
  Bill Talbert - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
William Franklin "Bill" Talbert (September 4, 1918 - February 28, 1999) was an American tennis player and administrator.
Talbert was a diabetic, one of the very few, or possibly the only one, known to be in sports at a highly competitive level, and for many years was held up as an example of how this disease could be surmounted.
Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, he still holds records at the historic tennis tournament in his hometown, an event now known as the Cincinnati Masters.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bill_Talbert   (302 words)

  
 CNN/SI - Tennis - Hall of Famer Bill Talbert dies at age 80 - Monday March 01, 1999 09:43 PM
William F. Talbert, born in Cincinnati on Sept. 4, 1918, was diagnosed at age 10 with diabetes.
Talbert teamed with Tony Trabert, another Hall of Famer, to win both the French and Italian doubles titles in 1950, and was U.S. Davis Cup captain from 1953-57, defeating Australia to win the Cup in 1954.
Talbert was married to the former Nancy Pike, an editor for Vogue and Life Magazine, from 1946 until her death in 1995.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /tennis/news/1999/03/01/talbert_obit   (510 words)

  
 Black Women in the NAACP Promote an Anti-Lynching Bill, 1918-1923, Introduction
Lynching, Talbert claimed, was a "terrible blot upon America's civilization" and, contrary to common beliefs, did not serve to protect white women against rape as too few of those lynched were accused of this particular crime (see Documents 7 and 12).
Talbert called for white women to join in this largely fl cause, because, she argued, fl women had long been loyal to the causes of white women (see Document 18).
The Dyer Bill passed the House of Representatives on the 26th of January 1922 with a vote of 230-119 and was given a favorable report by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
womhist.binghamton.edu /lynch/intro.htm   (1898 words)

  
 TENNIS NOTE
Talbert, who suffered from diabetes since the age of 10, had been in declining health since suffering a broken shoulder and pelvis while being mugged in 1992.
Talbert was a two-time singles finalist at the United States Championships -- which later became known as the U.S. Open -- but was beaten by Frank Parker in the 1944 and 1945 finals.
Talbert, who also won the French Open doubles championship with Tony Trabert in 1950, was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1967.
www.canoe.ca /StatsTEN/BC-TEN-LGNS-TALBOTOBIT-R.html   (258 words)

  
 Mary Burnett Talbert   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Mary Burnett Talbert was born in Oberlin, Ohio in 9/17/1866.
Talbert also served on the National Board of Directors of the NAACP, and was awarded the Springarm Medal, the highest honor that the NAACP bestows upon an individual.
Talbert spent the next two years securing funds to restore, rehabilitate and beautify the home, which was dedicated in August, 1922.
ah.bfn.org /h/tal/kav   (469 words)

  
 Bill Talbert, tennis legend, dead at 80
Bill Talbert, a former University of Cincinnati tennis player who became a star on the international scene, died Sunday in New York at age 80.
Born in Cincinnati on Sept. 4, 1918, Talbert was diagnosed at age 10 with diabetes.
Talbert teamed with Trabert, another Hall of Famer, to win both the French and Italian doubles titles in 1950, and was U.S. Davis Cup captain from 1953-57.
www.enquirer.com /editions/1999/03/02/spt_talbert_tennis.html   (637 words)

  
 William Franklin Talbert, 1967 Enshrinee: International Tennis Hall of Fame
Thwarted twice in U.S. singles finals, 1944 and 1945, by Frank Parker, the 5-foot-11 right-handed Talbert made his strongest showing in doubles in the right court alongside Gardnar Mulloy.
He was the most instrumental in the acceptance of the elongated-set-dooming innovation at the Open in 1970, the first of his 10 years in charge.
Bill was in the U.S. doubles final nine times.
www.tennisfame.com /enshrinees/bill_talbert.html   (520 words)

  
 The Talberts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Bill, however, is the one smart enough to ask for directions to keep them thing from getting lost.
Talbert can actually shop for her eldest daughter alone assured that just about anything she tries on herself will probably fit her daughter as well.
Emily, like her sisters, is easily recognizable as a Talbert girl due to the fact that she has her father's raven fl hair (like Olivia) and her mother's soft blue eyes (like Tyler).
users3.ev1.net /~btaraktahn/openrpg/twilightseye/fam-talberts.html   (1060 words)

  
 Employee of the Month is Awarded to Physics Department Employee   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Bill Talbert, Equipment Manager in the Physics Undergraduate Labs, received the USC Employee of the Month award for June 2000.
Bill has dedicated many years to USC in the Department of Physics and Astronomy and has displayed a continuing commitment to excellence.
Bill began working for the Physics Department in 1983 when he was hired on a temporary basis to build several sets of mailboxes and help out in the undergraduate lab stockroom.
physics.usc.edu /Newsletter/News.4.2/talbert.html   (440 words)

  
 tal030299   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Bill Talbert, a Hall of Fame tennis player and one of the greatest ever to come out of Cincinnati, died Sunday night in New York City.
Talbert was later a member of the National Diabetes Advisory Board, the President's Advisory Council of the American Diabetes Association and a director of the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation.
Talbert was Davis Cup captain from 1953-57 and played on the Grand Masters tour, the seniors tour started by Bunis in the '70s.
www.cincypost.com /sports/1999/tal030299.html   (659 words)

  
 Mary Talbert
Talbert obtained a Ph.D degree at the University of Buffalo and during the First World War she served as a Red Cross nurse on the Western Front.
Talbert was the president of the Christian Culture Congress and the National Association of Colored Women (1916-21).
Talbert, whose name I suggested as today the most distinguished colored woman speaker in the country and as an ex-President of the National Association of Colored Women, would not be able to speak at your session because she does not represent a feminist organization.
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /USAStalbert.htm   (611 words)

  
 ITF Tennis - Seniors - News Article
Bill was privileged to be born a Welshman, certainly not with a silver spoon in his mouth, but with music in his blood and poetry in his soul.
Bill married Joan in 1959, and while farming at Macalaster, their children were born: Peter (decd), John, Margaret, David and Evan.
After his first overseas tournament in 1991, Bill represented Australia in a number of veterans’ teams, won many European and other ITF singles and doubles championships, and in 2001 was ranked No. 1 in the world in the ITF Seniors rankings for the men’s 85 age category.
www.itftennis.com /seniors/news/newsarticle.asp?id=13396   (820 words)

  
 Talbert timeline
Mary Burnett Talbert (1866-1923) was born in Ohio as Mary Burnett.
Talbert was born in Red Bluff, California to Robert Talbert and Anna Harris Talbert.
Mary Talbert, a future president of the NACW, and her club were so demanding that Talbert was invited to join the citywide committee that monitored police enforcement.
www.math.buffalo.edu /~sww/0history/hwny-talbert.html   (1478 words)

  
 WorldNetDaily: E-gasoline II is here!
Bill is one of the inventors we are working with in the USD-AV Breakthrough Inventors Project.
Before I tell you more about E-gasoline II and Bill Talbert, I would first like to note that it was essential to bin Laden to have the December video aired because the Arab "street" was deserting him in droves according to the regional press.
The E-gasoline II developed by the inventor Bill Talbert (with whom we have been working in our Truth About Oil Project), and his small company, Talbert Fuels, Inc., would reduce the cost of gasoline by up to 10 cents a gallon across the board on every gallon.
www.worldnetdaily.com /news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=26244   (1282 words)

  
 Trabert, Talbert first selections for local tennis Hall
Talbert spotted a 12-year-old Trabert hitting balls one day at the Cincinnati Tennis Club and showed Trabert how to “punch” his volleys.
Talbert holds the record for the most finals in Cincinnati (the event now known as the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters) with 14, seven each in singles and doubles.
Trabert beat Talbert in five sets in the 1951 finals here, his first victory over his mentor, and they teamed to win the doubles title of the same event.
www.enquirer.com /editions/2002/07/18/spt_trabert_talbert.html   (539 words)

  
 "Senator France, Representative Dyer to Urge Federal Anti-Lynching Law," Nov 1920
This press release advertising an upcoming meeting in support of the Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill indicates the strong support given by the NAACP to the Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill and the prominent place Mary Talbert played in the organization's support for the bill.
Talbert was an early supporter of the Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill even before the Anti-Lynching Crusaders were founded in 1922.
Johnson said the chances for passage of a federal anti-lynching bill were excellent as the Committee of the Judiciary had favorably reported on it.
www.binghamton.edu /womhist/lynch/doc3.htm   (606 words)

  
 Microsoft officials eye Miami for global briefing
Talbert said, "this would be one of the most important meetings we've ever had.
Talbert said Miami's location and destination are key reasons that attracted the company to South Florida.
Talbert said he has been told that as many as a third of them would be coming from Latin America.
www.miamitodaynews.com /news/010201/story2.shtml   (901 words)

  
 HobbsOnline: 01/01/2003 - 01/31/2003
Bill Keller's piece in the New York Times explains why the Iraq war will be underway in February or March - and why it should.
Speaking of the Taxpayers Bill of Rights, Colorado has a good one, which is why their legislators are cutting spending rather than talking about a big tax increase in order to balance that state's budget.
When Bill Frist was growing up, he would not necessarily have had any contact with the country music community, who would have been regarded as rednecks.
hobbsonline.blogspot.com /2003_01_01_hobbsonline_archive.html   (13536 words)

  
 Mary Talbert   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
During her tenure as NACW President, Mary Talbert was instrumental in the preservation and restoration of the Frederick Douglass Home in Anacostia.
It is often noted in her biographies that Mary Talbert was the first fl woman to receive a Ph.D. degree from the University of Buffalo.
It is possible that Mary Talbert could have received one of these ìdoctorate ìcertificates leading to the confusion over the actual credentials.
ah.bfn.org /h/tal/index.html   (620 words)

  
 Legislative Matter
Bill Talbert, President and Chief Executive Officer, Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau, concurred with Commissioner Souto's proposal that efforts be made to attract tourists from Spain.
Talbert presented an oral report on the proposed Regional Visitor Center and Air Museum to be located on Watson Island.
Talbert noted the roof of the proposed building would be used for convention exhibitions.
www.co.miami-dade.fl.us /govaction/matter.asp?matter=011921&file=false&yearFolder=Y2001   (113 words)

  
 INTERNATIONAL TENNIS HALL OF FAME PRESENTS BILL TALBERT JUNIOR SPORTSMANSHIP AWARDS
Each award winner must be a junior player who exemplifies the finest qualities of sportsmanship in tournament play as well as one who maintains the finest traditions of the great sportsmen/women of tennis, past and present.
This year's Bill Talbert Junior Sportsmanship Award recipients were previously announced by the USTA during the 2005 USTA annual spring meeting.
The International Tennis Hall of Fame is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving the history and heritage of tennis and its champions.
www.tennisfame.com /PressCenter/jrSports05.html   (636 words)

  
 tennis080399
Before it was fashionable for a tennis player to have his own charity foundation and when sportsmanship was expected more than rewarded, Bill Talbert was the kind of player who was admired for his generosity.
There are courts at the Cincinnati Tennis Club dedicated to both Talbert and Trabert, whose friendship was forged several decades ago at the club.
In addition to the Cincinnati Tennis Club festivities, Sunday was proclaimed ''Bill Talbert Day'' in Cincinnati and Cincinnati City Councilman Phil Heimlich read the document during the ceremony.
www.cincypost.com /sports/1999/tennis080399.html   (535 words)

  
 2005 JUNIOR TENNIS NEWS-AUGUST 2005
The International Tennis Hall of Fame has presented Bill Talbert Junior Sportsmanship Awards to Ashwin Kumar, Elizabeth Lumpkin, Taylor Matsumoto and Sierra Poske.
The girls are top-ranked in Louisiana and the family had brought a lawsuit against the USTA to allow them to compete in more events.
Bill Ozaki, former Director of High Performance Programs and Development in the USTA Southern Section, has been named to the newly created position of Senior Director of Junior and Collegiate Competition.
www.collegeandjuniortennis.com /JrNews0805.htm   (244 words)

  
 Boston.com / Sports / Other sports / Tennis / It's a golden opportunity to celebrate Hall
Kings of the Famer cast are 92-year-old Sidney Wood, the Wimbledon champ of 1931, and 90-year-old Gardnar Mulloy.
A familiar face at Longwood in Boston as a US doubles victor with Bill Talbert in 1946 and 1948, Mulloy returns there in September for the US Championships of the 90-plus crowd.
The week was a panorama of past and present since the greats will mingle with pros of today, embroiled in the Jimmy Van Alen Cup, a stopover on the ATP Tour.
www.boston.com /sports/other_sports/tennis/articles/2004/07/10/its_a_golden_opportunity_to_celebrate_hall   (506 words)

  
 African American Registry: Educator and activist, Mary T. Burnett
*On this date in 1866, Mary Talbert Burnett was born.
She was an African-American woman who dedicated her life as an educator, lecturer, and human rights advocate.
Talbert was the president of the Christian Culture Congress and the National Association of Colored Women from 1916 to 1921.
www.aaregistry.com /detail.php3?id=1157   (193 words)

  
 Black History Month - Pioneers
Reginald Weir — first fl person to play in a United States Lawn Tennis Association (USLTA, which is now the USTA) national championship, the USLTA National Indoors, March 11-19, 1948.
(Weir lost in the second round to eventual champion Bill Talbert.
In 1952, he joined George Stewart as the first fl men to play in the USLTA National Championships at Forest Hills.
www.usta.com /misc_pages/custom.sps?iType=1927&icustompageid=5793   (452 words)

  
 Gardnar Mulloy
For ten years he teamed up with Bill Talbert to create havoc in tennis double play.
During this time he and Bill won the US Title four times (1942, 1945, 1946, 1948).
Later he spent fourteen years listed in the top ten for US singles play, and was listed in the World Top Ten three times.
www.sportslore.com /watn/mulloy-g.htm   (374 words)

  
 TENNIS VOL DAVEY SANDGREN WINS BILL TALBERT JUNIOR SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD :: Sandgren was ranked as high as No. 2 in the ...
Tennessee men's tennis player Davey Sandgren learned Wednesday that he was one of four winners of the Bill Talbert Junior Sportsmanship Award.
The Bill Talbert Junior Sportsmanship Awards are presented each year by the Board of Directors of the International Tennis Hall of Fame.
Four recipients are selected from nominations received from the 17 USTA sections.
www.cstv.com /sports/m-tennis/stories/011306aag.html   (512 words)

  
 Paid Notice: Deaths TALBERT, WILLIAM F. - New York Times
As tournament director, Bill Talbert guided the US OPEN at Forest Hills and Flushing Meadows.
A four-time champion in the US Nationals doubles, Bill also led the United States to Davis Cup victories as a captain and player.
We will miss Bill at the US OPEN and extend our sympathies to his sons, Peter and Pike, and the rest of his family.
query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?res=9902E2DD143FF936A35750C0A96F958260   (123 words)

  
 Famous Diabetics--Sports
Tennis --Hall of Fame tennis player Bill Talbert, who won 33 national titles, died Feb 28,1999 at his home in Manhattan.
We thought it may of be an interest to you.
New York Times (science section), 2/29/2000, from peter talbert regarding his father, billy: excerpts: "my father, bill talbert, learned he had juvenile diabetes in 29 when he was 10 yrs old...
www.angelarose.com /FamousDiabetics/Fam-Sports.htm   (2004 words)

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