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  Reference for Lottie Dod - Search.com
Dod was born in Bebington, Cheshire to Joseph and Margaret Dod.
Lottie Dod, here shown at age 14, debuted in tennis at age 11 and won her first Wimbledon title when she was 15.
Lottie Dod won her first tournament by 1906, and finished fifth in the Grand National Archery Meeting of 1906, 1907 and 1908.
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  Lottie Dod - Biocrawler
Dod was born in Bebington, Cheshire to Joseph and Margaret Dod.
By 1899, Dod had made it to captain of the Cheshire county team, and represented her club at meetings of the women's hockey association for the northern counties.
Lottie Dod won her first tournament by 1906, and finished fifth in the Grand National Archery Meeting of 1906, 1907 and 1908.
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Because she competed successfully at the highest levels in half a dozen sports, Dod is arguably the greatest all-around female athlete in history, with dutiful nods to Babe Didrikson Zaharias and Jackie Joyner-Kersee, of course.
Dod was born on Sept. 24, 1871, at Edgeworth in Cheshire, England, and her birth occurred at an auspicious time.
Dod decided not to defend her Wimbledon title in 1889 and instead went sailing for several months in the North Sea with Ann.
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  Lottie_Dod LANGUAGE SCHOOL EXPLORER
Lottie Dod, here shown at age 14, debuted in tennis at age 11 and won her first Wimbledon title when she was 15.
Dod's last tennis season as a competitive player was 1893, and she played in just two tournaments, winning both.
Dod did not compete in golf in 1901, and hardly entered major tournaments in the next two years, but she did play in the 1904 National Championships, held at Troon.
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 Lottie Dod at AllExperts
By 1899, Dod had made it to captain of the Cheshire county team, and represented her club at meetings of the women's hockey association for the northern counties.
Dod failed to attend the match against Wales, suffering from sciatica attacks which kept her from sporting for months.
Lottie Dod won her first tournament by 1906, and finished fifth in the Grand National Archery Meeting of 1906, 1907 and 1908.
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 Lottie Dod Information
Dod was born in Bebington, Cheshire to Joseph and Margaret Dod.
She was eliminated in the third round, but Dod's interest in the sport grew, and she became a regular competitor in the National Championships and other tournaments for the next few years.
Dod wanted to be transferred to the war zones in France but was hampered by sciatica and never served as a nurse outside England.
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 Dod Lottie - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Dod, Lottie (1871-1960), multiple Wimbledon tennis champion and one of Britain’s greatest all-round sportswomen.
Charlotte Lottie Dod (24 September 1871 27 June 1960) was an English athlete best known as a tennis player.
The Championship of 1904 was won by Lottie Dod, who made the transition from champion tennis player to golfer, having won the Ladies Lawn Tennis Championship at Wimbledon in 1887...
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 Lottie Dod: Wimbledon Championships
By the time the 15-year-old Lottie Dod won Wimbledon three years later her calf-length skirts had to be seen as acceptable, since they...
Charlotte (Lottie) Dod became the youngest player ever to win a Wimbledon singles event when, in 1887, she won at the age of 15 years, 285 days.
Dod easily advanced through the first rounds to earn the right to challenge the defending champion1, Blanche Bingley, whom she defeated 6–2, 6–0.
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 Observer | How Lottie started rise of the hem
Lottie Dod provided the first of the rare instances of a sportswoman appealing to wear sexier gear without being prompted by an agent, PR man or Sun photographer - and our picture gives just the tiniest clue why.
Dod, from Bebington, Cheshire, and known as the 'Little Wonder', was uniquely qualified to lead a down-with-dress-fascism campaign on behalf of all sportswomen given her ability in a range of activities.
All right, Dod was allowed a 30-0 start in each game, but swaddled up as she was that must have made things just about even.
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 Lottie Dod - the best ever ? - TennisForum.com
Lottie Dod was hardly able to win 24 Grand Slams or 167 tournaments at that time.
Lottie is often reckoned to be the greatest all around sportswoman ever.
While I think that Lottie was, obviously, an amazing athlete comparing the tennis that she played vs. the tennis that even someone like Lenglen played are worlds apart.
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 Tennis: How Lottie started rise of the hem | Tennis | Guardian Unlimited Sport
Lottie Dod provided the first of the rare instances of a sportswoman appealing to wear sexier gear without being prompted by an agent, PR man or Sun photographer - and our picture gives just the tiniest clue why.
Dod, from Bebington, Cheshire, and known as the 'Little Wonder', was uniquely qualified to lead a down-with-dress-fascism campaign on behalf of all sportswomen given her ability in a range of activities.
All right, Dod was allowed a 30-0 start in each game, but swaddled up as she was that must have made things just about even.
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 » Lottie Dod - World Famous Biographies - Biographies of famous people : Famous People biography
Dod easily advanced through the first rounds to earn the right to challenge the defending champion1, Blanche Bingley, whom she defeated 6-2, 6-0.
Dod was the only British player to lose a match, as the United Kingdom won 6-1.
Dod then played for the English team in a 3-4 defeat against Scotland and a 4-3 win over Ireland, although she lost both her matches.
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 Upto11.net - Wikipedia Article for Lottie Dod
Charlotte "Lottie" Dod (24 September 1871andndash;27 June 1960) was a British athlete best known as a tennis player.
Dod helped establish a ladies's golf club at Moreton in 1894 and entered that year's National Championships (matchplay) at Littlestone (Kent).
Dod then played for the English team in a 3andndash;4 defeat against Scotland and a 4andndash;3 win over Ireland, although she lost both her matches.
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 Biography of Lottie Dod -   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Dod's last tennis season as a competitive player was 1893 in sports1893, and she played in just two tournaments, which she both won.
Dod did not compete in golf in 1901 in sports1901, and hardly entered major tournaments in the next two years, but she did play in the 1904 in sports1904 National Championships, held at Royal Troon Golf ClubTroon.
Lottie Dod won her first tournament by 1906 in sports1906, and finished fifth in the Grand National Archery Meeting of 1906, 1907 in sports1907 and 1908 in sports1908.
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 Lottie Dod [Archive] - Liverpool Web Site & Forum
Dod was born in Bebington,to Joseph and Margaret Dod.
Dod, here shown at age 14, debuted in tennis at age 11 and won her first Wimbledon title when she was 15.
Dod wanted to be transferred to the war zones in France but was hampered by sciatica and never served as a nurse outside
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 Lottie Dod: Archery
In 1905, Dod and her brothers had started to take up archery, and began competing for the Welford Park Archers.
In an all-British field, she lead the competition after the first day, while her brother was in the same position in the men's event.
William “Willy” Dod held on to win the gold medal, but Lottie dropped a place, leaving the the Olympic title to Queenie Newall.
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Dod appears dressed in her tennis outfit, complete with matching cap.
As she was so young, Dod was given special dispensation and allowed to play matches in shorter skirts than the petticoats women normally had to wear.
She was a member of the national field hockey team, British Amateur golf champion in 1904 and the archery silver medalist at the 1908 Olympics.
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 Dod Lottie - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta
Dod Lottie - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta
Date of death, a medical and legal term; Dead of disease, a legal term; Date of discharge; Day of Departure, Delta Airlines department; Delivery...
Charlotte "Lottie" Dod by Jeroen Heijmans Although "only" a silver medallist at the Olympics, Lottie Dod is one of the most versatile athletes among history's Olympians, together...
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Lottie Dod was only 15 years old when she won the first of her Wimbledon titles in 1887.
Miss Dod played a man’s game with the smash and volley being her strengths.
Lottie Dod was a prodigious sportsperson, having captained England in Hockey, winning the British Ladies’ Golf Championships in 1904 and being exceptional in archery, music, bridge and skating.
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 Venus aims to achieve three-star status - Wimbledon 2008 Championships — Tennis - Telegraph
Life in general, let alone on the tennis circuit, could hardly be more different now from when Dod, at 15 years, 285 days became the youngest Wimbledon singles champion in 1887 and then went on to complete her hat-trick of successes.
Because she was so young, Dod was given special dispensation and allowed to play in shorter skirts which made it easier for her to cover the court than most of her opponents.
While Dod was a distinguished all-round sportswoman, excelling in golf, hockey, archery and ice-skating, Venus Williams' focus has always been confined to tennis and she accumulated a 63-0 record in her Californian section of the United States Tennis Association before her father decided that she was wasting her time playing in junior events.
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 Lottie Dod
Dod also rode the toboggan on the famous Sankt Moritz Cresta Run, and began mountaineering with her brother, climbing...
Dod helped establish a ladies' golf club at Moreton in 1894 and entered that year's National Championships (matchplay) at Littlestone (Kent).
She was eliminated in the third round, but Dod's interest in the sport grew, and she became a regu...
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 Lottie Dod
One journalist noted that "Miss L. Dod should be heard of in the future".
Dod led the competition, held in rainy conditions, after the first day but was surpassed by
Dod wanted to be transferred to the war zones in France but was hampered by
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 Only Duchess missing as Hingis enacts a fairytale
As unassuming as Dod was said to have been in her day, the Swiss teenager felt constrained to remind her audience that she had only won the doubles.
Lottie Dod was three days older than Hingis when she took to the court in a long white skirt which showed "just a glimpse of stout fl woollen stocking and just as stout fl shoes".
Heaven knows whether it was meant as a compliment, but one of the tennis writers of the times labelled her "a sturdy little thing".
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 Information about Lottie Dod
Charlotte "Lottie" Dod (September 24, 1871 – June 27, 1960) was an English athlete best known as a tennis player.
Gold 1908 London Double York round William Dod (born July 18, 1867 in Bebington, Cheshire –; died October 8, 1954 in London) was a British archer.
Ice skating is traveling on ice with skates, narrow (and sometimes parabolic) blade-like devices moulded into special boots (or, more primitively, without the boots, tied to regular footwear).
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 Lottie Dod: The Times Obituary - Sidebar - MSN Encarta
Lottie Dod: The Times Obituary - Sidebar - MSN Encarta
This obituary for Lottie Dod appeared in The Times on June 28, 1960.
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