Jim Dear
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James "Jim" Dear was an English
racquets
, court tennis, and squash
player who effectively won world titles in three different sports during the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s.
Dear was the racquets world champion from 1947 to 1954, losing the title to Geoffrey Atkins.
He was also world champion of court, or real, tennis from 1955 to 1957.
Dear also won the most prestigious title in squash, the British Open
, in 1939, at a time when there was no official world championship and the British Open champion was acknowledged as the world's best. Dear was also the runner-up at the competition three times in the 1930s and twice in the late-1940s.
He was among seven British world champions honored at the inaugural Sports Writers' Association - which later became the Sports Journalists' Association - annual sports dinner in 1949.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
racquets
Racquets (sport)
Rackets or Racquets is an indoor racket sport played in the United Kingdom, United States, and Canada...
, court tennis, and squash
Squash (sport)
Squash is a high-speed racquet sport played by two players in a four-walled court with a small, hollow rubber ball...
player who effectively won world titles in three different sports during the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s.
Dear was the racquets world champion from 1947 to 1954, losing the title to Geoffrey Atkins.
He was also world champion of court, or real, tennis from 1955 to 1957.
Dear also won the most prestigious title in squash, the British Open
British Open Squash Championships
The British Open Squash Championships is the oldest and most established tournament in the game of squash. It is widely considered to be one of the two most prestigious tournaments in the game, alongside the World Open The British...
, in 1939, at a time when there was no official world championship and the British Open champion was acknowledged as the world's best. Dear was also the runner-up at the competition three times in the 1930s and twice in the late-1940s.
He was among seven British world champions honored at the inaugural Sports Writers' Association - which later became the Sports Journalists' Association - annual sports dinner in 1949.
See also
- Real tennis world champions
- British Open Squash ChampionshipsBritish Open Squash ChampionshipsThe British Open Squash Championships is the oldest and most established tournament in the game of squash. It is widely considered to be one of the two most prestigious tournaments in the game, alongside the World Open The British...