Jack Moore
Full name: John Ambrose Moore
Nickname: Jack
Nickname: Jack
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| Bio | He was an English amateur footballer, referee and tennis player. Moore was an accomplished tennis player and played at Wimbledon on seven occasions as an amateur (as almost all top players were at the time) between 1938 and 1950. Even the Australian champion, Rod Laver, showed Moore a cheque for £125 he received after he'd won the men's singles for the third time. With the prize money was a warning note saying it couldn't be spent on food or clothes, as this might jeopardise his amateur status. Moore's big moment came in 1948 when he reached the second round of the singles and met Tim Henman's grandfather, Henry Billington, a Davis Cup international. He was beaten, but took Billington to four sets. The next day, the Daily Mirror praised the performance of "the boy from up country", though it didn't please Moore himself. The tennis club at hometown Stone boasted an impressive list of Wimbledon performers and "up country", he felt, was a slur on the club and the whole town. Moore later took up a coaching job in Nottingham and played tennis nearly all his life, well into his 80s. |
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