John Neely (tennis)
Appearance
Full name | John Crosby Neely Jr. |
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Country (sports) | United States |
Born | Chicago, United States | May 26, 1872
Died | March 22, 1941 New York, United States | (aged 68)
Singles | |
Grand Slam singles results | |
US Open | 1R (1895, 1896, 1902) |
Other tournaments | |
Olympic Games | QF (1904) |
John Neely (May 26, 1872 – March 22, 1941) was an American male tennis player. He competed in the singles event at the 1904 Summer Olympics and reached the quarterfinal in which he lost to compatriot and eventual Olympic champion Beals Wright.[1][2]
Neeley attended Princeton University, where he graduated in engineering in 1894.[1]
On February 13, 1914, Neely, who was at that time a banker in Chicago, was shot and seriously wounded during an attempted robbery.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Olympic Sports – Athletes – John Neely". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on September 24, 2013.
- ^ "John Neely". Olympedia. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
- ^ "John C. Neely, Jr. Shot" (PDF). The New York Times. February 14, 1914.