Ashley Campbell (tennis), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Ashley Campbell (tennis)

Australian tennis player

Date of Birth: 29-Sep-1880

Place of Birth: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Date of Death: 05-Jul-1943

Profession: tennis player

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Ashley Campbell (tennis)

  • Ashley De Vere Campbell (29 September 1880 – 5 July 1943) was an Australian male tennis player who was active before World War I.
  • He was born in Sydney and attended Newington College (1893–1898) where he was a noted cricketer.
  • Campbell didn't play tennis until the age of eighteen and his game was heavily influenced by David Edwards who was a fellow Old Newingtonian.
  • Campbell moved to Melbourne in 1903 and was winner of the 1910 and 1914 Australasian men's doubles championships.
  • From 1929 until 1939 he lived In Europe, having been an executive of the Colonial Sugar Refining Company in Australia and New Zealand.
  • Campbell became secretary of the Free French movement in Victoria, and was secretary of the Red Cross and an active member of the Alliance Française.
  • He died in a hospital in East St Kilda, Victoria.

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