As Tom Goes By: A Tennis Memoir

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SCB Distributors, Feb 21, 2011 - Biography & Autobiography - 200 pages
A unique memoir about the sport of tennis. This is the story of veteran player Tom Brown's journey from boyhood in San Francisco; to becoming a Wimbledon winner twice, fresh from serving in the army in World War II; through marriage, parenthood,divorce, legal career, and travel with tennis all along the way. In his late eighties he was called the Bionic Man for despite a shoulder replacement, new knee, repaired tendons, he was a prominent senior player for decades. His memory for the people, events, mixed with a droll sense of humor bring to life a bygone era.
 

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Name Dropping
Here We Go Again
Tie Breaker 14 The Ladies Bless em
Transitions
Match Point 16 My Favorite Courts
Wimbledon Aftermath
Traveling
Passing Eighty

Highs and Lows
Third Set 9 Family Matters
Lust for Travel
Still Lusting
Keeping Healthy
This and That
Golden Gate Salute
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