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  Biography of Bunny Austin -
Austin played tennis with Charlie Chaplin, was a friend of Daphne du Maurier, and met both Mary of TeckQueen Mary and President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
Austin and his wife worked for the cause of the Oxford Group throughout the 1930s, promoting it in the United States during World War II.
According to Austin's friend Peter Ustinov, Austin was "disgracefully ostracised by the All-England Club because he was a conscientious objector".
www.short-biographies.com /biographies/BunnyAustin.html   (523 words)

  
  Sir Alec Guinness
That year, Austin was a semi-finalist in the French Championship and defeated Budge and Allison in the challenge round of the Davis Cup, which he and Perry were instrumental in retaining for Britain.
Austin had been a Club member since 1925, yet on his return to Britain in 1961, he was told his membership had "been lapsed".
Austin, whose autobiography A Mixed Double was published in 1969, and his wife devoted the rest of their lives to Moral Rearmament, travelling the world to promote the cause.
www.derbydeadpool.co.uk /deadpool2000/obits/austin.html   (1122 words)

  
 News & Opinion: The Year of the Bunny (Austin Chronicle . 04-05-99)
Call it bunny sexism, but most of the bunnies hopping around in the land of commerce appear to be male -- except, of course, for those in Hugh Hefner's hutch.
Playboy partying aside, the bunny is undoubtedly the centerpiece of the secular Easter -- a holiday that is closer to a pagan rite of spring than to a floating highlight of the church calendar.
But as lovely as bunnies are as a symbol, their magic tends to dissipate when introduced into a domestic setting.
weeklywire.com /ww/04-05-99/austin_xtra_feature1.html   (1403 words)

  
 Beading Bunny - Austin Hamilton
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 Bunny Austin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
Admittedly, there had not been a good year since Bunny Austin’s defeat in 1938.
Bunny Austin (1906-2000) was a British tennis player.
He was the last male British tennis player to reach the final of Wimbledon, achieving that in 1932 and 1938.
publicliterature.org /en/wikipedia/b/bu/bunny_austin.html   (104 words)

  
 Bunny - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bunny is usually an affectionate name for a rabbit.
Bunny Wailer (Neville Livingston) (born 1947), Jamaican musician
Bunny, the temporary fourth member of the Powerpuff Girls
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bunny   (169 words)

  
 Obituary: Bunny Austin Independent, The (London) - Find Articles
Austin remains the last British player to reach the Wimbledon men's finals, an honour he would have been glad to relinquish.
While Perry was the son of a Labour MP and state-school educated; Austin was educated at Repton public school and became a bowler-hatted stockbroker with little work to do on a stock exchange shaken by the Wall Street crash of 1929.
Austin learnt to hold a racket at the age of five and would knock the ball against his nursery wall, a rocking horse acting as a net.
calbears.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20000828/ai_n14332233   (921 words)

  
 Henry (Bunny) Austin dies
 Austin died peacefully on Saturday at a nursing home south of London, according to Michael Smith, a family friend.
Austin is survived by a son, antiques dealer John Austin, and a daughter, Jennifer Bocock, who lives in Canada.
 Austin's partnership with Perry, who won the Wimbledon singles title three years in a row between 1934-36, was invincible in four straight Davis Cup competitions.
slam.canoe.ca /SlamTennisArchive/aug27_hen.html   (183 words)

  
 BBC SPORT | TENNIS | Tennis legend 'Bunny' Austin dies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
Henry 'Bunny' Austin, who alongside Fred Perry, won four Davis Cup finals in a row between 1933-36, has died aged 94 a family friend said on Sunday.
Austin's partnership with Perry, who won the Wimbledon singles title three years in a row between 1934-36, provided British tennis with a memorable golden era.
Austin never won a major, losing to Americans Ellsworth Vines and Donald Budge at Wimbledon in 1932 and 1938 and to Germany's Henner Henkel at the 1937 French Open at Roland Garros.
news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/tennis/898547.stm   (253 words)

  
 The Hindu : dated Octorber 25, 1952: "Practise hard"
Austin, the famous British Tennis star popularly known as "Bunny" Austin who passed through Madras October 23, on his way to Colombo advised young Indian players to practise hard and improve their standard of game.
Austin was on his way to Colombo to attend the Asian Moral Rearmament Conference as one of the British delegates.
Referring to the present trends in organised coaching followed by many countries of the world; Austin said that he personally believed that constant playing and hard practice alone were of greater value than any other aid.
www.hindu.com /thehindu/2002/10/25/stories/2002102500470900.htm   (197 words)

  
 Bunny Austin Tennis Player
Initiatives of Change UK - Bunny Austin 1906-2000 - Bunny Austin was one of the great figures of world tennis.
Bunny Austin was the first man to ever wear a pair of shorts on court at Wimbledon in 1933.
All Austin Tennis Courts This is an alphabetical list of all Austin-Area tennis courts detailing - Students, faculty, and guests only.
www.basictennis.com /men/Bunny-Austin-Tennis-Player.html   (335 words)

  
 BRNA City Maps Info
The main table of contents is at this UT site, and the City of Austin files are here.
The north half of the Bunny Run area, and the south half.
The Austin City Park Neighborhood Association is on the West side of Lake Austin, across from Bunny Run.
www.main.org /bunnyrun/City_maps/info.htm   (707 words)

  
 cecil paris
In 1937 he was to be runner-up at Bournemouth being beaten by Bunny Austin, which has a certain completeness to it.
Indeed Joan was born on Jan 23 1903 as Joan Winifred Austin, older sister to Bunny Austin.
Austin and Collier were known as 'The Babes' and were celebrities of the day.
ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/Franklyn_Roberts/dparis.htm   (1003 words)

  
 BBC Sport | In Depth | Tennis | US OPEN
Bunny Austin once said: "All I got for reaching the Wimbledon finals in the 1930s was a £5 voucher from Mappin and Webb."
There was no question in Austin's heyday of him being paid to use a manufacturer's racket.
While Austin was the last Briton to reach the Wimbledon men's singles final in 1938, his would-be successor, Tim Henman, was paid around £1.7m in 2000 just to use Slazenger products.
news.bbc.co.uk /sport/hi/english/static/in_depth/tennis/2001/us_open/racket.stm   (173 words)

  
 TIME.com: At Auteuil -- Jul 31, 1933 -- Page 1
Little Bunny Austin, scampering smoothly about the red clay centre court at Roland Garros Stadium in his boyish white shorts, won the next two.
Allison— If Austin, England's No. 1 singles player, could outclass Vines, who blew him off the court in straight sets at Forest Hills last year, it was clear that the mysterious influence which Roland Garros seems to have on U. Davis Cup teams was still at work last week.
The first of the two singles matches that followed, between Austin and Allison, was close and exciting but Austin, against an opponent who seemed worn and overtrained, had speed enough to win 6-2, 7-9, 6-3, 6-4.
www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,753856,00.html   (677 words)

  
 The Tennis Balls Were White Once, Too
Mary Pierce loved many of Austin's dresses, and Chris Evert's, too, which is why she agreed to incorporate the tennis dress into her own wardrobe in the early 1990's when Nike suggested it.
C OMFORT was the point in one of the game's first fashion statements, made by a man who died a week ago at the age of 94, Bunny Austin.
In 1932, at a time when long flannel pants were de rigueur on the courts, Austin arrived at the 1932 United States Championships in shorts, his bare legs bristling before the genteel spectators.
partners.nytimes.com /library/review/090300tennis-review.html   (800 words)

  
 Sports :: History :: Wimbledon ::
The 1932 men’s event was dominated by Ellsworth Vines, 20 and from California, loaded with a mighty serve and a flat forehand.
He beat Briton Bunny Austin in the final.
The next year Bunny Austin participated in shorts, the first to do so at Wimbledon and Aussie, Vivian McGrath played with a two-handed backhand for the first time.
www.dimdima.com /sports/show_history.asp?q_search=Wimbledon   (569 words)

  
 Television Without Pity » Project Runway » Collaboration
Jay chooses Robert, and Austin quickly hugs Vanessa to welcome her to his team.
Austin explains that Vanessa was left over and that he ended up just "gitting" Vanessa.
Then, we see Wendy, in an interview, delivering the party line of "this is a competition" and how Vanessa is "vulnerable." Then, she says that Vanessa's elimination would "unfortunately" be to Wendy's own advantage.
www.televisionwithoutpity.com /articles/content/a1064/index-3.html   (665 words)

  
 Anecdotage.com - people Austin anecdote.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
One day in 1948, Warren Austin, America's Ambassador to the United Nations, urge...
Warren Austin was once asked whether he become bored during the apparently inter...
When Bunny Austin started playing tennis, men wore long, heavy white flannel tro...
www.anecdotage.com /browse.php?category=people&who=Austin   (108 words)

  
 About Usashi Manga, "Don't mess with boys with pink hair..."
But I never said that she was the first bunny, oh no. Actually, before I even met Heather, my ex-boyfriend Jimmy was known as Hot Pink Bunny in a wierd story I once wrote for my friend Raeanna about her and me robbing banks.
She used to be called Snow Bunny, but later changed it to Ice Bunny so she could have a wider use of icy powers.
Since we knew Austin was ging to be Wind, we gave him goggles and his own plane.
members.fortunecity.com /hieica/about1.html   (2317 words)

  
 SUMMARY OF PROPOSED SEPTIC TANK ORDINANCE
Bunny Run Web Site Note: The following document was prepared by a resident of the Austin City Park Neighborhood, which is across Lake Austin from Bunny Run.
In 1999, the City of Austin passed a simply worded ordinance that adopted all the TNRCC rules regarding OSSFs, as well as provisions of the Texas Health and Safety Code.
The width of a critical water quality zone, measured horizontally inland, is appears to be an additional 75 feet for a detached single-family residential use, and 100 feet, otherwise, except that a CWQZ does not extend beyond the crest of a bluff.
www.main.org /bunnyrun/Ossf/Septic-ACP_Summary.html   (4072 words)

  
 Telegraph | Sport | Wimbledon diary: Steward recalls the craft of Austin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
SHOULD Tim Henman become the first Englishman to reach a Wimbledon final since Bunny Austin in 1938, it will be a poignant match for honorary steward David Warwick.
The 76-year-old, who mans staircase 7A on Centre Court, witnessed Austin's defeat at the hands of Don Budge.
"I was at Repton, the same school as Bunny Austin, and when he got to the final we were allowed up to Centre Court to watch him play," he recalled.
www.telegraph.co.uk /sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2001/07/06/stdiar07.xml   (439 words)

  
 Full of Monkey v.1.0
Alexia Productions/Warner Bros Austin, TX Animator on the major motion picture "A Scanner Darkly".
Sins of Redemption Austin, TX Creating all the graphics used for one chapter of the Roleplaying Game Sins of Redemption.
Mechanical Bunny Austin, TX Created all the graphics used on the online clothing store.
www.fullofmonkey.com /portfolio/resume.shtml   (266 words)

  
 The Tennis Channel::Fun Facts
When the first "revealing" ankle and forearm dress made its debut at Wimbledon in 1919, it was in stark contrast to the high-neck dresses and floor-length skirts favored by 40-year-old, seven-time champion Dorothea Douglass who was dressed in a high-neck dress which swept the floor.
Fashion Cause: Part II Henry "Bunny" Austin was the first player to wear shorts at Wimbledon in 1932, shocking many...
In 2002, Serena Williams made a fashion statement - and headlines - by wearing a fl PVC catsuit during play throughout the U.S. Open.
www.thetennischannel.com /game/history/fun_facts.aspx   (214 words)

  
 TIME.com: Austin, Perry & Hughes -- Jul 27, 1931 -- Page 1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
Their opponents were Sidney B. Wood Jr., who won the British championship at Wimbledon fortnight ago; his good friend Francis Xavier Shields who defaulted to him in the Wimbledon finals; and George Lott Jr.
In the last match, balloon-trousered Bunny Austin came up against Shields, speedily defeated his large and impressive opponent whom he had never beaten before, 8-6, 6-3, 7-5.
The conclusion reached by spectators was, however, that Austin, Perry and Hughes would surely lose to France in the challenge round this week.
www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,752925,00.html   (464 words)

  
 Like a Cork Out of a Bottle - Talks and Reflections
It says: 'Bunny was a sound and imperturbable opening batsman, a capital foil to his opening partner, Brian Valentine.' (Valentine later played for England).
Bunny was that rare person, a star successful in his field and in his life - and so free of self-importance that he had time for everyone: people easily talked to him and confided in him.
Bunny loved the Lord, and the world was his court.
www.likeacork.org /pages/talks.php?id=20   (487 words)

  
 Wimbledon - The Official Website of The All England Lawn Tennis Club and The Championships, Wimbledon
The seats were packed on the middle Saturday as 64 winners of singles and doubles titles lined up the famous court.
From Sidney Wood, the 1931 champion, and the 93-year-old Bunny Austin, through to Rod Laver, Margaret Court and Billie Jean King and on to John McEnroe and Bjorn Borg, they were introduced to the crowd, took their applause and then posed for their photographs.
The stellar gathering was led by Andre Agassi, the link with the present, who, wrapped in a track suit, appeared first and then sprinted off to prepare for his match.
www.wimbledon.org /en_GB/about/history/2000.html   (805 words)

  
 CaringBridge - Guestbook
Austin's fantastic bravery and attitude while in Philadelphia in new and surely scary situations just astounds me. It hit me this time more than any other, what a special, special little boy he is. You must be very proud of him.
I'll pray that Austin is at just the right spot with his counts and his chemo when the news comes that the trial has reopened.
Austin and his family have become a part of our lives through Ashley and her journey and we rejoice with you and your bright spots and are concerned with you in your dark spots.
www.caringbridge.org /page/austin.d/guestbook2.html   (17253 words)

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