Description:Chapters: Stan Smith, Thomas Shimada, Bret Garnett. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 23. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Stanley Roger Smith (born December 14, 1946 in Pasadena, California) is a former American tennis player who, with his partner Bob Lutz, was one of the most successful doubles teams of all time. Together, they won many major titles all over the world. Smith also won many singles titles, including the Wimbledon championship once and the US Open championship once. In 1972, he was the year-ending World No. 1 singles player. His name is also used in a popular brand of tennis shoes. Smith played collegiate tennis at the University of Southern California, where he was a three-time All-American and won the 1968 NCAA singles championship and the 1967 and 1968 doubles titles. At USC, Smith was a member of Beta Theta Pi Fraternity. In his 1979 autobiography, Jack Kramer, the long-time tennis promoter and great player himself, ranked Smith as one of the 21 best players of all time. In 2005, TENNIS Magazine put Smith in 35th place in its list of 40 Greatest Players of the TENNIS era. Smith was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1987. Following his playing career, Smith became active as a coach for the United States Tennis Association. He now has his own academy with Billy Stearns called Smith Stearns Tennis Academy, which is in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. Today, Smith lives in Hilton Head with his wife and four children, all of whom competed in collegiate tennis. He also helped Mark Mathabane come to America, from Africa, on a tennis scholarship to college. He was the first in his family. To non-tennis players, Stan Smith is probably most well-known for his line of Adidas tennis shoes. Although the Adidas Stan Smith shoe is not recommended for mod...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=78026We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Tennis People from South Carolina: Stan Smith, Thomas Shimada, Bret Garnett. To get started finding Tennis People from South Carolina: Stan Smith, Thomas Shimada, Bret Garnett, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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24
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Books LLC
Release
2010
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1157204090
Tennis People from South Carolina: Stan Smith, Thomas Shimada, Bret Garnett
Description: Chapters: Stan Smith, Thomas Shimada, Bret Garnett. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 23. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Stanley Roger Smith (born December 14, 1946 in Pasadena, California) is a former American tennis player who, with his partner Bob Lutz, was one of the most successful doubles teams of all time. Together, they won many major titles all over the world. Smith also won many singles titles, including the Wimbledon championship once and the US Open championship once. In 1972, he was the year-ending World No. 1 singles player. His name is also used in a popular brand of tennis shoes. Smith played collegiate tennis at the University of Southern California, where he was a three-time All-American and won the 1968 NCAA singles championship and the 1967 and 1968 doubles titles. At USC, Smith was a member of Beta Theta Pi Fraternity. In his 1979 autobiography, Jack Kramer, the long-time tennis promoter and great player himself, ranked Smith as one of the 21 best players of all time. In 2005, TENNIS Magazine put Smith in 35th place in its list of 40 Greatest Players of the TENNIS era. Smith was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1987. Following his playing career, Smith became active as a coach for the United States Tennis Association. He now has his own academy with Billy Stearns called Smith Stearns Tennis Academy, which is in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. Today, Smith lives in Hilton Head with his wife and four children, all of whom competed in collegiate tennis. He also helped Mark Mathabane come to America, from Africa, on a tennis scholarship to college. He was the first in his family. To non-tennis players, Stan Smith is probably most well-known for his line of Adidas tennis shoes. Although the Adidas Stan Smith shoe is not recommended for mod...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=78026We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Tennis People from South Carolina: Stan Smith, Thomas Shimada, Bret Garnett. To get started finding Tennis People from South Carolina: Stan Smith, Thomas Shimada, Bret Garnett, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.