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  AllRefer.com - Jack Kramer (Sports, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Jack Kramer (John Albert Kramer), 1921–, American tennis player, b.
Kramer and Frederick (Ted) Schroeder won the U.S. national doubles championship in 1940 and again in 1941.
In 1946–47 he led the U.S. teams that won the Davis Cup, and he also won the national singles title, the national doubles (with Ted Schroeder), the British singles, and the British doubles (with Bob Falkenburg).
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 John Albert Kramer, 1968 Enshrinee: International Tennis Hall of Fame   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
Kramer, who'd had a bout with food poisoning, laughed later, "If I could've kept that ball in play I might have been a champ on a default." Hunt was killed 17 months afterwards in a military plane crash.
Kramer knocked Riggs off the summit by winning their odyssey of one-nighters throughout the U.S., which was the test of professional supremacy of that day.
In 1952 Kramer assumed the position of Promoter himself, the boss of pro tennis, a role he would hold for over a decade, well past his playing days Kramer's last tour as a principal was against the first man he recruited, Frank Sedgman, the Aussie who was tops among amateurs.
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 SurfWax: News, Reviews and Articles On Jack Kramer
Jack Kramer has a recommendation: that players who pull out of tournaments not be permitted to compete again for at least two weeks.
Jack Kramer, arguably the most influential man in tennis history, and Margaret Smith Court, winner of a record 24 Grand Slam singles titles, were inducted Sunday into the U.S. Open Court of Champions along with John McEnroe and Steffi Graf.
Said Jack Kramer, a winner of 13 U.S. singles and doubles titles: "This is the greatest advancement in pro tennis since the advent of open tennis in 1968.".
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 Jack Kramer: excerpts from The Game: QuickSports Tennis.
Kramer missed Forest Hills in 1942 with appendicitis, and was suffering from food poisoning when he lost in the 1943 final.
During Wimbledon in 1966, Kramer was doing radio commentary for the BBC when Wimbledon's working chairman Herman David came to the broadcast booth and talked to Kramer and BBC tennis exec Bryan Cowgill to discuss the possibility of making the tournament "open" to both amateurs and pros.
Kramer helped the BBC organize the first open tournament, which was held at the West Hunts Club in Bournemouth, beginning on April 22, 1968.
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 John Albert Kramer, 1968 Enshrinee: International Tennis Hall of Fame   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
Kramer and Hunt were the golden boys out of Southern California, their careers intertwined.
Kramer won the tour, 69-20, and stayed in action while Riggs took over as the promoter and signed Pancho Gonzalez to challenge Kramer.
Kramer made $85,000 against Riggs as his percentage, and $72,000 against Gonzalez.
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 QHS Blue Devil Sports Hall of Fame Inductee: Jack Kramer
One year later Kramer was recognized as one of the best players in the state; collecting All-State honors from the Chicago Sun Times, Chicago Tribune, Associated Press, UPI, the IBCA, the Champaign News Gazette and was an honorable mention McDonald's All American selection.
Kramer was again Quincy's top defensive player, was the leader in assists, second in rebounding, was first team All-Western Big Six, selected as the Devils' Most Valuable Player and was chosen as the Quincy Herald Whig Player of the Year.
Kramer graduated with a number of school records, including most free throws made for a career with 398, second in field goals made with 688, second in points scored with 1760, and thir in assists with 500.
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 The US Open 2004 - Grand Slam Tennis - Official Site by IBM - News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
JACK KRAMER: Well, Margaret, I think what you say is true about the good old days, it was tough in many ways.
JACK KRAMER: As for me, playing with my racquet, if you can believe it, because of Don Budge, he convinced me to keep increasing the rate of the racquet.
JACK KRAMER: The Prince company was the one who did it in '78 or '79.
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 Jack Kramer --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia
The development of the game was interrupted by World War II, but international tennis resumed in 1946 with American players again dominant, led by Jack Kramer, the U.S. champion of 1946–47 and Wimbledon champion of 1947 before he turned professional.
British biochemist Jack Cecil Drummond served as a professor of biochemistry at the University of London between 1922 and 1945.
The twelve complaints raised against the government of King Henry VI of England by Jack Cade and his Kentish rebels in 1450.
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 100 Garden Designs - Jack Kramer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
Jack Kramer was a champion tennis player.He was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island, in 1968.
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 Jack Kramer | BaseballLibrary.com
Flunking in four shots with the Browns due to poor control, Kramer got a fifth chance, thanks to the WWII player shortage.
Billy Goodman's grand slam, along with homers by Kramer and Bobby Doerr, pace the attack.
Kramer will charge the Sox with railroading him out of the league because of his differences with manager Joe McCarthy.
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 Jack Kramer -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
Jack Kramer -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
Jack Kramer: a (Click link for more info and facts about Major League Baseball) Major League Baseball player
(Click link for more info and facts about Jack Kramer) Jack Kramer: a (A game played with rackets by two or four players who hit a ball back and forth over a net that divides the court) tennis player
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 Kramer, Jack on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
While serving (1942-46) in the U.S. Coast Guard in World War II, Kramer continued to play tournament tennis, and in 1943 (with Frank Parker) he again won the national doubles title.
In 1946-47 he led the U.S. teams that won the Davis Cup, and he also won the national singles title, the national doubles (with Ted Schroeder), the British singles, and the British doubles (with Bob Falkenburg).
Publication: Getty Images; Author: Peter Kramer ; Source: PICTURES
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 Jack Kramer
Wimbledon 2001: `Budge would have been his toughest opponent'; Jack Kramer, one of the most respected figures in tennis, believes Pete Sampras will go on to win a fifth consecutive Wimbledon singles crown.(Sport) (The Independent (London, England))
Jack Kramer Joins CondeNet as Midwest Advertising Manager.
Back in the early 1900s, bicycling was big and Frank Kramer was king.
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 Jack Kramer (tennis player) - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Jack Kramer (tennis player) - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
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 Wilson Jack Kramer Signature Shoes White
Known as the King of the Court, Jack Kramer pioneered the serve and volley game, dominating the 1940s and 50s.
Now Wilson has captured the faultless style of the Kramer game in its Legacy Series of shoes.
The Jack Kramer Signature casual shoe oozes style and comfort.
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 Gardening With Stone and Sand - Jack Kramer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
Jack Kramer - Pets and Plants in Miniature Gardens - 0385082800
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 Women of Flowers (Jack Kramer)
Jack Kramer’s Women of Flowers: A Tribute to Victorian Women Illustrators was published in 1996 by Stewart, Tabori and Chang in a large format and was immediately honored with an award of excellence from the Garden Writers Association of America.
Now in a mini edition, this remarkable illustrated book allows us to venture back to the Golden Age of Illustration so that we may discover the work and personalities of the women who were previously unnamed.
Women of Flowers is his tribute to those women who received so little credit in their own day and age.
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 Pictures Catalogue - Albert Namatjira with Jack Kramer and Frank Sedgman [picture]. - fullindex.htm test
Pictures Catalogue - Albert Namatjira with Jack Kramer and Frank Sedgman [picture].
Albert Namatjira with Jack Kramer and Frank Sedgman [picture].
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 kramers
News from the Jack and Lois Kramer Family
Lois and Jack Kramer are spending the holidays with their daughter, Mary Sue, and their grandson, Kollin Brandenburg, in Corpus Christi, Texas.
Cody and Cory Medinger, the sons of Jim and Connie (Kramer) Medinger
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 Jack Kramer's Teammates | BaseballLibrary.com
Notes: This list is intended as a fun starting point to see whose career paths intersected with Jack Kramer's.
It's not meant to serve as a comprehensive list, since teammates without a BaseballLibrary.com page are omitted.
Also, since our data doesn't cover exactly when certain players were called up or traded during a given season, there may be some players here who played on the same team as Jack Kramer during a season but never actually played with him.
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 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Jack Kramer
MSN Encarta - Search Results - Jack Kramer
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 MSN Encarta - Kramer, Jack
Kramer, Jack (1921- ), American tennis player and promoter, an outstanding player in the 1940s and 1950s.
He was born John Albert Kramer in Las Vegas,...
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 JACK KRAMER : Live Auctions
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 Jack Kramer Jack Kramer Books and Creations for Sale   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
Jack Kramer Jack Kramer Books and Creations for Sale
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 Growing Garden Flowers Indoors Starting ,Maintaining, and Problem Solving - JACK KRAMER   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
Growing Garden Flowers Indoors Starting,Maintaining, and Problem Solving - JACK KRAMER
JACK KRAMER Growing Garden Flowers Indoors Starting,Maintaining, and Problem Solving
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 Jack Kramer Jack Kramer Books and Creations for Sale   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
Botanical Orchids and How to G ~ Kramer Jack ~ 1870673255 ~ Hard Back ~ Australian$45
Winning At Flower Shows ~ Kramer Jack ~ 1555911552 ~ Paper Back ~ Australian$35
Women of Flowers ~ Kramer Jack ~ 1556704976 ~ Hard Back ~ Australian$80
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 AUTOGRAPHS & MANUSCRIPTS: JACK KRAMER - DOCUMENT SIGNED CO-SIGNED BY:TED SCHROEDER
Lot # 972 JACK KRAMER - DOCUMENT SIGNED CO-SIGNED BY:TED SCHROEDER - Document 223558
Chart signed: "Jack Kramer/Mens Singles Champion 1947" and "Ted Schroeder/Mens Singles Champion 1949", 10x7¼.
Seating chart for the Mens Singles Championship at Wimbledon, Sunday, July 6, 1997 (won by Pete Sampras).
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 Jack Kramer Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
Born January 5, 1918 in New Orleans, LA
Name and misspellings: james jim jimmy John Jack jach jakie joe harry Henry Kramer
Statistics may come from our work, the Baseball Databank, or other sources including SABR.org.
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 #18 Jack Kramer, Reliever, 32 yrs, Pittsburgh Pirates - Out of the Park Baseball Report
#18 Jack Kramer, Reliever, 32 yrs, Pittsburgh Pirates - Out of the Park Baseball Report
#18 Jack Kramer, Reliever, 32 yrs, Pittsburgh Pirates
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 63rd U.S. Mens Tennis: J R Hunt Seaman beats Jack Kramer (63 68 108 60) September 6 in History
63rd U.S. Mens Tennis: J R Hunt Seaman beats Jack Kramer (63 68 108 60) September 6 in History
63rd U.S. Mens Tennis: J R Hunt Seaman beats Jack Kramer (63 68 108 60)
In old age the years are short and day's long.
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