1. Gibson, Althea, 1927-2003 Sitegen Web site generation framework Gibson, Althea, 19272003 Biography Tennis player and first African American to win the French Open. http://crdl.usg.edu/people/g/gibson_althea_1927_2003/

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3. Althea Gibson - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia Born at 900 am EDT on August 25, 1927 in Silver, Clarendon County, South Carolina to Daniel and Annie Bell Gibson, Althea had two siblings, a brother, Daniel Jr. (known as Bubba http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Althea_Gibson

Althea Gibson From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation search Althea Gibson Country United States Date of birth August 25, 1927 Place of birth Clarendon County, South Carolina Date of death Place of death East Orange, NJ Height Singles Grand Slam results Australian Open F French Open W Wimbledon W US Open W Doubles Grand Slam Doubles results Australian Open W French Open W Wimbledon W US Open W Althea Gibson American sportswoman who became the first African-American woman to be a competitor on the world tennis tour and the first to win a Grand Slam title in 1956. She is sometimes referred to as "the Jackie Robinson of tennis" for breaking the color barrier . Gibson was a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority. Contents Biography Golf Grand Slam finals Wins (5) ... edit Biography Born at 9:00 am EDT on August 25, 1927 in Silver Clarendon County South Carolina to Daniel and Annie Bell Gibson, Althea had two siblings, a brother, Daniel Jr. (known as "Bubba"), and a sister, Mildred. Gibson continued to improve her tennis game while pursuing an education. In 1946 she moved to Wilmington, North Carolina, to work on her tennis game with Dr. Hubert A. Eaton and enrolled at Williston High School. In 1958, Gibson retired from amateur tennis. Before the

4. Althea Gibson Biography (Tennis Player) — Infoplease.com Althea Gibson Gibson, Althea Gibson, Althea , 1927–2003, African-American tennis player, b. Silver, S.C. In Althea Gibson - Althea Gibson Born Aug. 25, 1927 Tennis won both http://www.infoplease.com/biography/var/altheagibson.html

Site Map FAQ in All Infoplease Almanacs Biographies Dictionary Encyclopedia Spelling Checker Daily Almanac for Nov 1, 2010 Search White Pages Skip Navigation Home American Indian Heritage Month ... games, quizzes Editor's Favorites American Indian Heritage Month Veterans Day Daylight Saving Time Infoplease's Facebook page ... DK Daily Teach Search: Infoplease Info search tips Search: Biographies Bio search tips Share Althea Gibson Tennis Player Born: 25 August 1927 Died: 28 September 2003 (respiratory failure) Birthplace: Silver, South Carolina Best known as: The first black woman to win the U.S. Open The daughter of sharecroppers, Althea Gibson became a tennis sensation in the 1950s. Her 1956 triumph at the French Tennis Championships (later known as the French Open) made her the first black woman ever to win a major singles title. The next year she won singles titles at both Wimbledon and the U.S. Championships, and repeated the feat in 1958. Gibson retired as an amateur after the 1958 season, having become an acclaimed public figure. She later toured as a celebrity with the Harlem Globetrotters and then (like Babe Zaharias ) chose golf as a second career; she played on the LPGA tour from 1964-71. Gibson was inducted into the Tennis Hall of Fame in 1971.

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US Open Honors Althea Gibson Althea Gibson World Champion 50th Anniversary Celebration Friday, August 31th Click here for more ... information and invitation (.pdf) Althea Gibson overcame unbelievable odds to achieve international acclaim and success. Her journey from the violent streets of Harlem to the royal courts of Wimbledon reveals her strength of character and her remarkable composure in the face of racial prejudice. A pioneer in both amateur tennis and professional golf, Althea paved the way for the likes of Venus Williams and Tiger Woods. Althea has often been referred to as the Jackie Robinson of tennis. She not only broke barriers in tennis, but she was also the first black woman on the LPGA tour.

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US Open Honors Althea Gibson Althea Gibson World Champion 50th Anniversary Celebration Friday, August 31th Click here for more ... information and invitation (.pdf) Althea Gibson overcame unbelievable odds to achieve international acclaim and success. Her journey from the violent streets of Harlem to the royal courts of Wimbledon reveals her strength of character and her remarkable composure in the face of racial prejudice. A pioneer in both amateur tennis and professional golf, Althea paved the way for the likes of Venus Williams and Tiger Woods. Althea has often been referred to as the Jackie Robinson of tennis. She not only broke barriers in tennis, but she was also the first black woman on the LPGA tour.

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8. Althea Gibson Biographical Information Born August 25, 1927 in Silver, SC, A righthander, grew up in Harlem. Her family was poor, but she was fortunate in coming to the http://www.altheagibson.com/biographical.htm

Born August 25, 1927 in Silver, SC, A right-hander, grew up in Harlem. Her family was poor, but she was fortunate in coming to the attention of Dr. Walter Johnson, a Lynchburg VA physician who was active in the black tennis community. He became her patron as he would later for Arthur Ashe, the black champion at Forest Hills (1968) and Wimbledon (1975). Through Dr. Johnson, Gibson received better instruction and competition, and contacts were set up with the USTA to inject her into the recognized tennis scene. A trailblazing athlete who become the first African American to win championships at Grand Slam tournaments such as Wimbledon, the French Open, the Australian Doubles and the United States Open in the late 1950s. Gibson had a scintillating amateur career in spite of segregated offerings earlier in the decade. She won 56 singles and doubles titles during her amateur career in the 1950s before gaining international and national acclaim for her athletic prowess on the professional level in tennis.

9. Gibson, Althea - Training - World Of Sports Science 8/25/1927–9/23/2003. AMERICAN. PROFESSIONAL TENNIS PLAYER, PROFESSIONAL GOLFER. Althea Gibson is an enduring symbol of the changes that began to be rendered in American sporting http://www.faqs.org/sports-science/Fo-Ha/Gibson-Althea.html

10. Gibson, Althea - Hutchinson Encyclopedia Article About Gibson, Althea US tennis player, the first black American woman to compete at the US Championships at Forest Hills in 1950 and at Wimbledon in 1951. In 1957 she took both the women's singles and http://encyclopedia.farlex.com/Gibson, Althea

11. Gibson, Althea Quote - No Matter What Accomplishments You Make, Somebody Helped Famous quote by Gibson, Althea No matter what accomplishments you make, somebody helped you. on Quotations Book http://www.quotationsbook.com/quote/8512/

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13. Facts About Gibson, Althea, As Discussed In Britannica Compton's Encyclopedia Gi Facts about Gibson, Althea, (1927–2003). The first worldclass African American tennis player was Althea Gibson. In 1950 she broke the color barrier in tennis by becoming the http://www.britannica.com/facts/11/783563/

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14. Biography - Althea Gibson Gibson, Althea Tennis b. Aug. 25, 1927, Silver, SC d. Sept. 28, 2003. Something of a tomboy as a youngster in Harlem, Gibson played basketball, stickball, and paddle tennis. http://www.hickoksports.com/biograph/gibsonalthea.shtml

Sports Biographies Alpha Index Index by Sport Index of Women Gibson, Althea Tennis b. Aug. 25, 1927, Silver, SC d. Sept. 28, 2003 Something of a tomboy as a youngster in Harlem, Gibson played basketball, stickball, and paddle tennis. She won her age group New York City paddle tennis championship in 1939 and then began taking lessons at the Cosmopolitan Tennis Club. In 1946, a well-to-do black doctor, Hubert Eaton of Wilmington, NC, took her in to help advance her career. Barred from public courts because she was black, she practiced on Dr. Eaton's backyard court. Gibson began playing in the all-black American Tennis Association tournaments in 1945 and won ten straight women's singles titles, from 1947 through 1956. She was the first black to play in the national indoor tournament, in early 1950, and she finished second, which should have won her an invitation to the U. S. National at Forest Hills. No invitation came until after a letter from former champion Alice Marble appeared in the July issue of American Lawn Tennis magazine. Marble wrote, in part, "If Althea Gibson represents a challenge to the present crop of players, then it's only fair that they meet this challenge on the courts." It took Gibson a while to adjust to the stronger competition she was now facing, but she broke through by winning the French and Italian singles championships in 1956. She also teamed with Angela Buxton to win the women's doubles events at Wimbledon and in the French championship.

15. Creative Quotations From Althea Gibson (1927-2003) Althea Gibson in quotations to inspire creative thinking US tennis player. She was the first AfroAmerican player to win both the U.S. Open and Wimbledon championships, 1957. http://creativequotations.com/one/1540.htm

Home Search Indexes E-books ... creative Creative Quotations from . . . Althea Gibson (1927-2003) born on Aug 25 US tennis player. "She was the first Afro-American player to win both the U.S. Open and Wimbledon championships, 1957." Share I always wanted to be somebody. If I made it, it's half because I was game enough to take a lot of punishment along the way and half because there were a lot of people who cared enough to help me." "Being champion is all well and good, but you can't eat a crown." In the field of sports you are more or less accepted for what you do rather than what you are. Most of us who aspire to be tops in our fields don't really consider the amount of work required to stay tops. "In sports, you simply aren't considered a real champion until you have defended your title successfully. Winning it once can be a fluke; winning it twice proves you are the best." Published Sources for the above Quotations: F: ""I Always Wanted to Be Somebody," 1958." R: "On retirement from tennis, "So Much To Live For," 1968."

16. Gibson, Althea Definition Of Gibson, Althea In The Free Online Encyclopedia. Gibson, Althea (ălthē`ə), 1927–2003, AfricanAmerican tennis player, b. Silver, S.C. In 1948 she won the first of 10 straight national black women's singles championships. http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Gibson, Althea

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18. Gibson, Althea - Astro-Databank, Althea Gibson Horoscope, Born 25 August 1927 In Astrology data, biography and horoscope chart of Althea Gibson born on 25 August 1927 Silver SC, USA http://www.astro.com/astro-databank/Gibson,_Althea

Gibson, Althea From Astro-Databank Jump to: navigation search Althea Gibson natal chart (Placidus) natal chart English style (Equal houses) Althea Gibson Name Gibson, Althea Gender : F born on 25 August 1927 at 09:00 (= 09:00 AM ) Place Silver SC, USA, Timezone EST h5w (is standard time) Data source Quoted BC/BR Rodden Rating AA Astrology data Asc. add Althea Gibson to 'my astro' Biography American tennis player and champion of the Wimbledon Women's Singles in 1957 and 1958. In 1950 she became the first black to compete in the Unitd States nationals. In her career, she won 56 tournaments, including five Grand Slam singles titles: the United States nationals and Wimbledon twice and the French Championship in 1956. Gibson was born in a sharecropper's shack in South Carolina. When she was a few months old, her parents moved to New York City, and she grew up in a rough neighborhood in Harlem. A chronic truant, she dropped out of school in the eighth grade. She was introduced to tennis when a Police Athletic League set up a paddle tennis court right in front of the Gibsons' house. She took up paddle tennis at age 9 and won a city-wide championship at 12. In 1941, a Harlem bandleader and part-time Police Athletic League supervisor bought her tennis rackets and introduced her to a black tennis club. There she found a coach, Fred Johnson, who taught her important lessons. During her adolescence, she lived "pretty wild" and, often coming home late, would be beaten by her father whom she saw as a strict disciplinarian, not abusive. However, she did leave her home, seeking refuge from her father in a Catholic home for girls and eventually received a welfare grant to get her own apartment.

19. Althea Gibson Gibson, Althea (1927), American professional tennis player and golfer, who was named woman athlete of the year for 1957. She was born near Sumter, South Carolina, and educated at http://www.communityins.com/history/Althea_Gibson/althea_gibson.htm

"Gibson, Althea (1927), American professional tennis player and golfer, who was named woman athlete of the year for 1957. She was born near Sumter, South Carolina, and educated at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University. At the age of 15 she was New York State black girls' singles tennis champion; this was the first of many titles she would hold during the next 15 years. In 1957 she won the All-England women's singles championship at Wimbledon, the United States women's clay court singles championship at River Forest, Illinois, and the U.S. Open at Forest Hills in New York City. For these achievements she was named woman athlete of the year for 1957 by the Associated Press. After repeating as Wimbledon and U.S. national champion in 1958, she played professional exhibition tennis in 1959-60 and joined the Ladies Professional Golf Association in 1963. She was named in 1971 to the National Lawn Tennis Hall of Fame." (Source: Gibson, Althea," Microsoft® Encarta® Online Encyclopedia 2003 http://encarta.msn.com © 1997-2003 Additional Links http://www.altheagibson.com/

20. Gibson Althea Free Encyclopedia Articles At Questia.com Online Research Gibson Althea and other related topics by using the free encyclopedia at the Questia.com online library. http://www.questia.com/library/encyclopedia/gibson-althea.jsp?l=G

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