Sam Lee (tennis)
Sam Lee (born 1914 or 1915[1] in Oregon) is a former NCAA champion tennis player.
As a youth tennis player, Lee reached as high as #7 in the U.S. tennis rankings for players 15 and under.[2] He attended Stanford University, and as a sophomore, won the 1933 NCAA Doubles Championship with partner Joe Coughlin.[3] Lee won the Oregon state doubles championships with Elwood Cooke in 1936,[1][4] and the Oregon state singles championship in 1937.[5][6]
In 1942, Lee was called to service in World War II. In 1945, with Wimbledon suspended due to the war, Lee played in the "Military Wimbledon" tournament.[6] In 1947 and 1948, Lee and partner Emery Neale played in the Wimbledon doubles tournament.[6]
Lee was instrumental in promoting the construction of the Portland Tennis Center in the 1970s, and has served as president of the Multnomah Athletic Club.[2] He was inducted into the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 1987, the United States Tennis Association Pacific Northwest Hall of Fame in 2000,[6] and is a member of the Stanford Athletic Hall of Fame.
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