词条 | Ethel Sutton Bruce |
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Ethel Sutton Bruce (January 22, 1881 — June 18, 1957) was an English-born American tennis player. Early lifeEthel Mathilda Godfray Sutton was born in Portsmouth, England, the daughter of Adolphus DeGrouchy Sutton and Adeline Esther Godfray Sutton. Adolphus Sutton was a naval captain. The family moved to Pasadena, California when Ethel was a girl. Three of her sisters, May Sutton, Florence Sutton, and Violet Sutton, were also competitive tennis players.[1] CareerEthel Sutton often played against her sisters; together, the Suttons won every Southern California women's singles championship between 1899 and 1915.[2] Ethel won the title in 1906, 1911, 1912, and 1913.[3] Ethel also won titles in doubles and mixed doubles events.[4][5] Ethel Sutton Bruce wrote a series of articles about tennis for the San Francisco Call newspaper in 1913.[6] She later co-authored a book, Tennis, Fundamentals and Timing (1938) with her husband.[7] She also taught tennis in physical education classes for women at the University of California Los Angeles.[8][9] In 1947, all four Sutton sisters wore 1890s-style tennis costumes to play at a Santa Monica fundraiser for Children's Hospital Los Angeles.[10] Personal lifeEthel Sutton married Robert O. Bruce; they had a son, Robert. She died in Santa Monica, California in 1957, aged 76 years.[11] Ethel Sutton Bruce's brother-in-law was tennis player Tom Bundy. She was the aunt of several tennis players of a younger generation, including Dorothy Cheney and John Doeg. In 1976, Ethel Sutton Bruce, Violet Sutton Hope-Doeg, and Florence Sutton were inducted into the Southern California Tennis Association Hall of Fame.[12] References1. ^Thomas H. Pauly, [https://books.google.com/books?id=FscpDwAAQBAJ&lpg=PA212&ots=rBXX4VVJgs&dq=Ethel%20Sutton%20Bruce&pg=PA112#v=onepage&q=Sutton&f=false Game Faces: Five Early American Champions and the Sports They Changed] (University of Nebraska Press 2012): 109-142. {{ISBN|9780803238176}} 2. ^Bill Henry, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/19953097/the_sutton_sisters_1933/ "The Ladies — God Bless 'Em"] Los Angeles Times (May 7, 1933): 55. via Newspapers.com{{open access}} 3. ^Jill Lieber, [https://books.google.com/books?id=T3ZxInKlgLkC&lpg=PA151&ots=B0wh76b_o1&dq=Ethel%20Sutton%20Bruce&pg=PA151#v=onepage&q=Ethel%20Sutton%20Bruce&f=false "A Dodo in Name Only"] in Ron Rapoport, ed., A Kind of Grace: A Treasury of Sportswriting by Women (RDR Books 1994): 151. {{ISBN|9781571430137}} 4. ^Roger W. Ohnsorg, [https://books.google.com/books?id=ppWA-zNJ0y8C&lpg=PA68&ots=RAxF4idDl-&dq=Ethel%20Sutton%20Bruce&pg=PA69#v=onepage&q=Ethel%20Sutton%20Bruce&f=false Robert Lindley Murray: the Reluctant U.S. Tennis Champion] (Trafford Publishing 2011): 69. {{ISBN|9781426945137}} 5. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=6GQ-AQAAMAAJ&lpg=PA9&ots=BMGP_QsQkX&dq=Ethel%20Sutton%20Bruce&pg=PA9#v=onepage&q=Ethel%20Sutton%20Bruce&f=false "West Beats East by 3 Matches to 2"] American Lawn Tennis (April 15, 1920): 9. 6. ^[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6256809/the_san_francisco_call/ "Mrs. Bert O. Bruce, Expert on Tennis Court, Will Write Series of Articles for the Call"] San Francisco Call (September 15, 1913): 1. via Newspapers.com{{open access}} 7. ^Ethel Sutton Bruce, Bert O. Bruce, [https://books.google.com/books?id=5oR0GQAACAAJ&dq=Ethel+Sutton+Bruce+tennis&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiAi4y2_fnaAhVmjFQKHbRMCYMQ6AEIKTAA Tennis, Fundamentals and Timing] (Prentice-Hall 1938). 8. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=KwE5AQAAMAAJ&lpg=RA4-PA15&ots=8c7bzEWAvT&dq=Ethel%20Sutton%20Bruce&pg=RA4-PA157#v=onepage&q=Ethel%20Sutton%20Bruce&f=false "Announcement of Courses"] Register - University of California (1924): 157. 9. ^[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/19953458/ethel_sutton_bruce_1931/ "Learning Court Technique — en Masse"] Shamokin News-Dispatch (December 1, 1931): 10. via Newspapers.com{{open access}} 10. ^Jessie Jean Marsh, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/19953218/the_sutton_sisters_1947/ "Children's Hospital Benefit Set"] Los Angeles Times (June 15, 1947): 35. via Newspapers.com{{open access}} 11. ^"Mrs. Ethel S. Bruce" New York Times (June 21, 1957): 25. via ProQuest 12. ^"Women’s History Month From A Tennis Perspective" Southern California Tennis News (March 1, 2016). External links{{authority control}} 4 : 1881 births|1957 deaths|American female tennis players|Sportspeople from Portsmouth |
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