TENNIS PLAYER

Francis Hunter

1894 - 1981

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Francis "Frank" Townsend Hunter (June 28, 1894 – December 2, 1981) was an American tennis player who won an Olympic gold medal. He won the U.S. National Indoor Championships in 1922 and 1930 and the Eastern Clay Court Championships in 1919. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Francis Hunter is the 167th most popular tennis player (down from 138th in 2019), the 5,988th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,722nd in 2019) and the 33rd most popular American Tennis Player.

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS

Among tennis players, Francis Hunter ranks 167 out of 1,569Before him are Sergi Bruguera, Luis Ayala, Blanche Bingley, Norman Brookes, Michael Stich, and Spencer Gore. After him are George Hillyard, Otto Froitzheim, David Ferrer, Althea Gibson, Vic Seixas, and Margaret Osborne duPont.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, Francis Hunter ranks 169Before him are Heinz Hopf, Marietta Blau, Magda Julin, Robert Menzies, Yakov Frenkel, and Alfred Romer. After him are Olive Thomas, Jack Benny, James Thurber, Wilhelm Hasse, Esfir Shub, and José Bustamante y Rivero. Among people deceased in 1981, Francis Hunter ranks 150Before him are Allan Dwan, Arthur O'Connell, Ivan Galamian, Evsei Liberman, Rosa Ponselle, and Rudolf Krčil. After him are Paco Bienzobas, J. L. Mackie, Ludwig Goldbrunner, Lev Atamanov, Ross Martin, and Álvaro Cunqueiro.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Francis Hunter ranks 5,988 out of 20,380Before him are William Henry Conley (1840), Garry Shandling (1949), Frankie Avalon (1940), James Roday (1976), Harold Hotelling (1895), and Julie Adams (1926). After him are Finneas O'Connell (1997), Johnny Appleseed (1774), Kristanna Loken (1979), Robert Z'Dar (1950), Frank H. Netter (1906), and Laura Bridgman (1829).

Among TENNIS PLAYERS In United States

Among tennis players born in United States, Francis Hunter ranks 33Before him are Vincent Richards (1903), Bobby Riggs (1918), Roscoe Tanner (1951), Edgar Leonard (1881), Jennifer Capriati (1976), and Jim Courier (1970). After him are Althea Gibson (1927), Vic Seixas (1923), Margaret Osborne duPont (1918), Ted Schroeder (1921), Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman (1886), and Jack Kramer (1921).