CINXE.COM
Don Budge
<html> <head> <title>Don Budge</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css"> <!-- .fotmbar { color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration: none} .fotmbar:hover { color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration: underline} .newslink { color: #000000; text-decoration: none} .newslink:hover { color: #000000; text-decoration: none} .proflink { color: #000000; text-decoration: none} .proflink:hover { color: blue; text-decoration: underline} .b1f, .b2f, .b3f, .b4f {font-size:1px; overflow:hidden; display:block;} .b1f {height:1px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 5px;} .b2f {height:1px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 3px;} .b3f {height:1px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 2px;} .b4f {height:2px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 1px;} .contentf {background: #e6e6e6; padding: 2px; } .contentf div {margin-left: 5px;} --> </style></head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap><b><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">This is a beta version of NNDB</font></b></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"><b><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> <nobr>Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </font></b></nobr></form></td> </tr> </table> <!-- COPYRIGHT (C) 2008 SOYLENT COMMUNICATIONS --> <!-- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED --> <!-- NO PART OF THIS WEBSITE MAY BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION --> <!-- OF SOYLENT COMMUNICATIONS (ON THE WEB, IN PRINT, OR OTHERWISE) --> <!-- --> <!-- SOYLENT COMMUNICATIONS --> <!-- PO BOX 4436, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94040 USA --> </td></tr><tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr><map name=fool><area coords="102,0,240,14" href="/people/954/000166456/bibliography/" alt="bibliography"></map><tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 0px 15px 15px 15px;"><img src="/red-profile-2.gif" align="right" height=15 width=240 border=0 usemap=#fool><br clear="all"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0><font size=+3 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Don Budge</b></font><p><b>AKA</b> John Donald Budge<p><b>Born:</b> <a href="/lists/682/000106364/" class=proflink>13-Jun</a>-<a href="/lists/914/000105599/" class=proflink>1915</a><br><b>Birthplace:</b> <a href="/geo/639/000069432/" class=proflink>Oakland, CA</a><br><b>Died:</b> <a href="/lists/909/000106591/" class=proflink>26-Jan</a>-<a href="/lists/510/000106192/" class=proflink>2000</a><br><b>Location of death:</b> <a href="/geo/709/000069502/" class=proflink>Scranton, PA</a> <font size=-1><a href="#FN1">[1]</a></font><br><b>Cause of death:</b> Heart Failure<br><p><b>Gender:</b> Male<br><b>Race or Ethnicity:</b> White<br><b>Sexual orientation:</b> Straight<br><b>Occupation:</b> Tennis<p><b>Nationality:</b> United States<br><b>Executive summary:</b> First ever to win Grand Slam<p><b>Military service:</b> US Army Air Corps (WWII)<p>Considered one of the best tennis players of all time, certainly among the top five. In 1938, Budge performed the first "Grand Slam" by winning at Wimbledon, the US Open, the French Open, and the Australian Open. For five years he was ranked at or tied as the #1 tennis player in the world -- 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1942.<p><hr width=25% size=1 align=left><a name="FN1"><font size=-1>[1] Mercy Hospital, Scranton, PA. </font><p><b>Brother:</b> Lloyd Budge<br><b>Wife:</b> Deirdre Conselman (m. 26-May-1941, div., two sons)<br><b>Son:</b> Jeffrey Donald Budge<br><b>Son:</b> David Budge<br><b>Wife:</b> Loriel McPherson (m. 1967, until his death)<br><p> University: <a href="/edu/470/000068266/">University of California at Berkeley (attended 1933)</a><br><p> <a href="/sports/113/000173591/">Winner, US Open (men's singles)</a> 1937<br> <a href="/sports/114/000173592/">Winner, Wimbledon (men's singles)</a> 1937<br> <a href="/sports/112/000173590/">Winner, Australian Open (men's singles)</a> 1938<br> <a href="/sports/115/000173593/">Winner, French Open (men's singles)</a> 1938<br> <a href="/sports/113/000173591/">Winner, US Open (men's singles)</a> 1938<br> <a href="/sports/114/000173592/">Winner, Wimbledon (men's singles)</a> 1938<br> <a href="/honors/486/000032390/">Sullivan Award</a> 1937<br> <a href="/honors/906/000166408/">Associated Press Athlete of the Year (male)</a> 1937<br> <a href="/honors/906/000166408/">Associated Press Athlete of the Year (male)</a> 1938<br> <a href="/honors/235/000048091/">International Tennis Hall of Fame</a> 1964<br> <a href="/honors/150/000166649/">Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame</a> 1982<br><p> <font size=-2 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR</font><br> <a href="/films/899/000042773/">Pat and Mike (13-Jun-1952)</a> · Himself<br><p> <b>Author of books:</b><br> <i>Budge on Tennis</i> (<tt>1939</tt>, sports)<br><i>Don Budge: A Tennis Memoir</i> (<tt>1969</tt>, memoir)<br><p> <br><br><p> <font size=-1>Do you know something we don't?</font><br> <font size=-1><a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=166456" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a></font><br> <p> <br><br><p><font size=-1>Copyright ©2019 Soylent Communications</font><p> </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"></td></tr> </table> </center> </body> </html>