Bernard Fox (figure skater)

{{Infobox figure skater

|name= M. Bernard Fox ("Babe," "Ben")

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|birth_date=October 6, 1916

|death_date={{death date and age|1998|10|3|1916|10|6}}

|partner= Joan Tozzer

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|skating club= SC of Boston

|retired= 1940

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{{MedalCountry | United States}}

{{MedalSport | Pairs' Figure skating}}

{{MedalCompetition|North American Championships}}

{{MedalGold|1939 Toronto|Pairs}}

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Matthew Bernard Fox (Babe, Ben) (October 6, 1916 – October 3, 1998) was an American figure skater who competed in single skating and pair skating. His pairs partner was Joan Tozzer. They won the United States Figure Skating Championships pairs title in 1938, 1939, and 1940. Fox was the 1936 U.S. Champion in both singles and pairs on the junior level.{{cite news |title= BERNARD FOX CAPTURES TWO SKATING TITLES AT ARENA |url=http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=201594 |publisher= Harvard Crimson |date= 1936-02-24 |accessdate=2008-06-06 }} He received his bachelor's degree from Harvard University, class of 1938. After service in the U. S. Navy in World War II, he had a long career in television, first in programming at the Dumont Network in New York City and then in Los Angeles, where, under the name Ben Fox, he created and produced "Waterfront" (starring Preston Foster) and other series.

He was first husband of Lucy Pope, later wife of tennis coach Harry Hopman.[https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/nytimes/obituary.aspx?n=lucy-hopman&pid=190133045 Lucy Pope Hopman, legacy.com] (access: 2 January 2019).