| 词条 | Jack May (tennis) | ||||||||||||
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| name = Jack May | image = jackmayphot.jpg | caption = | country = {{AUS}} | residence = Sydney - Melbourne | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1925|11|17}} | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2012|8|10|1925|11|17}} | death_place = | Mixed = yes | AustralianOpenMixedresult = F (1951) }} John "Jack" Bernard May (17 November 1925 – 10 August 2012) was an amateur tennis player who won over 200 tennis titles in Australia. HistoryMay played many sports but his favorite and best was tennis. In the days of amateurs he competed with some of the best players Australia has produced (one of his most important achievements was to reach the mixed doubles final of the 1951 Australian Championship),[1] but his family could not afford to allow him to travel and play tennis. He was trained and practiced as a dental technician, but May’s love of tennis and many more sports saw him become an employee of Spalding Australia (A.G Spalding). After progressing to the Managing Director role he grew Spalding from a small supplier to become a big sporting goods manufacturers leading the way especially in golf ball production with the Hot Dot and Top Flite balls.[2] In 1965 he and his family moved from Sydney to Melbourne (Spalding Head Office) where he remained for the rest of his life. He purchased the Sherrin Football Company in 1972, who manufactured AFL footballs in agreement with Tom Sherrin (Sherrin’s owner).[3] The desire to improve Spalding’s overall performance and market share saw May concentrate on the large golfing market. Hot Dot and Top Flite golf balls became big sellers and took Spalding’s market share from under 20% to almost 70%. Robert Molitor, the Spalding Senior Vice President and Head of Technology in USA, had asked Jack to move firstly to Canada with the intention of moving him to the Executive Office in the USA, but Jack’s family decided to remain in Australia, so he turned down the offer. In his 1979 autobiography Jack Kramer recalled the occasion he saw Jack play in Australia. Unaware of who he was but impressed with his skill, he enquired as to who is that on court to be told he is ‘just a weekend player’, to which Kramer quoted ‘he must be the best weekend player in the world’.[4] Achievements
Grand Slam finals
Honours
Private lifeJack was married to Patricia May (Everitt) on 3 August 1957. They have four children: Michelle, Jon, Martin and Rod. References1. ^{{cite web |url= http://www.ausopen.com/en_AU/event_guide/history/draws/1951_MX_1.html|title= Australian Open Results Archive |last= |first= |date= |website= Ausopen.com|publisher= |access-date= |quote=}} {{DEFAULTSORT:May, Jack}}2. ^{{cite web |url= http://www.daviscupaustralia.com.au/wp-content/themes/davis/downloads/ADCTF%20Newsletter%20Oct2012%20web.pdf|title= The Australian Davis Cup Tennis Foundation Newsletter|last= |first= |date= October 2012 |website= |publisher= |access-date= |quote= Jack was Managing Director of Spalding Australia for many years and won the Sydney Singles Championship on 13 occasions and the Sydney Doubles Championship on 11 occasions.}} 3. ^{{cite web |url= https://www.sherrin.com.au/about-sherrin |title= About Sherrin |last= |first= |date= |website= Sherrin.com|publisher= |access-date= |quote= The Sherrin business was sold in 1972 to Spalding Australia (...)}} 4. ^{{cite book |last= Kramer|first= Jack|date= 1979|title=The game: My 40 years in tennis |url= https://www.amazon.com/game-My-40-years-tennis/dp/0399123369|location= |publisher= Putnam|page= |isbn=0399123369}} 5. ^{{cite web |url= http://www.sydneycricketground.com.au/membership/stadium-fitness-centre/sydney-lawn-tennis-club/|title= Sydney Lawn Tennis Club - Club Championships|last= |first= |date= |website=sydneycricketground.com.au |publisher= |access-date= |quote=Special mention should be made of J.B.May who, in the period following World War II, won the singles ("Club Captaincy") 13 times and the Doubles 11 times.}} 6. ^{{cite book |author= |title=International Who's Who in Tennis |url= |location= |publisher= World Championship Tennis, Inc.|page= 509|date= 1983|via=Library of Congress Catalog No. 83-050904 - International Standard Book No. 0-9611296}} 7. ^{{cite web |url= https://www.daviscupaustralia.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/ADCTF-Annual-Report-2013.pdf|title= ADCTF Annual Report 2013|last= |first= |date= October 2013|website= Daviscupaustralia.com.au|publisher= |access-date= |quote="Jack May, our second President served for 21 years, was most influential in leading the Foundation in the early years and ensured the Foundation was on a strong footing throughout his tenure".(p. 7)}} 8. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.clearinghouseforsport.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/87038/Tennis_Australia_Annual_Report_2005-2006.pdf |title= Tennis Australia 2005/06 Annual Report|last= |first= |date= |website=Clearinghouseforsport.gov.au |publisher= |access-date= |quote=TENNIS AUSTRALIA NATIONAL AWARD FOR SERVICE TO THE GAME: 2003 Jack May (p. 34)}} 9. ^{{cite web |url= http://www.tennis.com.au/vic/files/2015/10/TV-Annual-Report14151.pdf|title= Tennis Victoria Annual Report|last= |first= |date= |website=Tennis.com.au |publisher= |access-date= |quote= (p.32)}} 5 : 1925 births|2012 deaths|Australian male tennis players|Sportspeople from Melbourne|Tennis people from Victoria (Australia) |
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