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George Hillyard

1864 - 1943

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George Whiteside Hillyard (6 February 1864 – 24 March 1943) was a male tennis player from the United Kingdom. Under his supervision as secretary of the All England Club from 1907 to 1925, the Wimbledon Championships moved to its current site at Church Road. Hillyard also excelled at cricket and golf. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Hillyard is the 168th most popular tennis player (up from 293rd in 2019), the 3,216th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,298th in 2019) and the 18th most popular British Tennis Player.

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS

Among tennis players, George Hillyard ranks 168 out of 1,569. Before him are Luis Ayala, Blanche Bingley, Norman Brookes, Michael Stich, Spencer Gore, and Francis Hunter. After him are Otto Froitzheim, David Ferrer, Althea Gibson, Vic Seixas, Margaret Osborne duPont, and Kim Clijsters.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1864, George Hillyard ranks 122. Before him are Miina Härma, Israel Zangwill, Jens Ferdinand Willumsen, Salim Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah, George Nichols, and Stanley Maude. After him are Friedrich Gustav Piffl, Eugenio Tosi, Herman Heijermans, José Pardo y Barreda, James Allen, and Stéphane Javelle. Among people deceased in 1943, George Hillyard ranks 156. Before him are Aleš Hrdlička, Damrong Rajanubhab, Mihailo Petrović, Vittorio Sella, Aliagha Shikhlinski, and Nikolai Avksentiev. After him are Harry Baur, Ioannis Persakis, Radclyffe Hall, Walter Thiel, Eva Kotchever, and Heinrich Zimmer.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, George Hillyard ranks 3,217 out of 8,785. Before him are Philip Catherine (1942), Eric Frank Russell (1905), Simon McBurney (1957), Spencer Gore (1850), Sergey Kapitsa (1928), and Reginald Owen (1887). After him are Sidney Smith (1764), George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon (1827), Peter Gethin (1940), Pippa Middleton (1983), Ken Aston (1915), and Chris Wolstenholme (1978).

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among tennis players born in United Kingdom, George Hillyard ranks 18. Before him are Kathleen McKane Godfree (1896), Ernest Renshaw (1861), Lottie Dod (1871), Dora Boothby (1881), Blanche Bingley (1863), and Spencer Gore (1850). After him are Herbert Baddeley (1872), Maud Watson (1864), Frank Hadow (1855), Wilfred Baddeley (1872), Winifred McNair (1877), and Harold Mahony (1867).

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