Bessie Staples
{{Short description|English badminton player}}
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| birth_date = c.1915
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{{MedalCompetition|All England Open Badminton Championships}}
{{MedalGold | 1939 London | mixed }}
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Bessie M Staples married name Bessie Shearlaw (c.1915-date of death unknown), was a female England badminton international.{{cite web|url=https://www.allenglandbadminton.com/championship-info/history/|title=History|publisher=All England Badminton}}
Badminton career
Staples was a winner of the All England Open Badminton Championships. She won the mixed doubles in the 1939 All England Badminton Championships.{{cite book|last=Matthews/Morrison|first=Peter/Ian|title=The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results|pages=[https://archive.org/details/guinnessencyclop00matt/page/74 74-78]|publisher=Guinness Superlatives Ltd|isbn=0-85112-492-5|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/guinnessencyclop00matt/page/74}}
After marrying James Shearlaw in 1945 she competed in her married name and won the Irish Open, Scottish Open and the Scottish Individual Championships.
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{{Footer All England Open Championships Badminton Doubles Mixed}}
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Category:English female badminton players
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