Jay Gould II
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Jay Gould II (September 1, 1888 – January 26, 1935) was an American real tennis player and a grandson of the railroad magnate Jay Gould. He was the world champion (1914–1916) and the Olympic gold medalist (London, 1908, then under the name jeu de paume).[1] He held the U.S. Amateur Championship title continuously from 1906 to 1925, winning 18 times (no tournaments were held during the U.S. involvement in World War I).[2] During the same period, he never lost a set to an American amateur, and lost only one singles match, to English champion E.M. Baerlein.[3] The court built for him by his father at the family's Georgian Court estate was restored in 2005. Jay Gould II is the great-great-uncle of US Olympic cyclist Georgia Gould, who qualified to race in the London 2012 Olympiad.
Jay Gould II | |
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Born | (1888-09-01)September 1, 1888 New York City, US |
Died | January 26, 1935(1935-01-26) (aged 46) |
Alma mater | Columbia College |
Occupation | Tennis player |
Spouse | Anne Douglass Graham |
Children | Jay Gould III |
Parent(s) | George Jay Gould Edith Kingdon |
Relatives | Jay Gould (grandfather) |
Olympic medal record | ||
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Men's jeu de paume | ||
Representing the United States | ||
1908 London | Individual |