Frank Chesterton (badminton)
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Frank Chesterton was a male badminton player from England.
Chesterton won the men's singles at the All England Open Badminton Championships in 1909, 1910 and 1912. He was a member of the Ealing Badminton Club.{{cite news |title=The Badminton Book |work=Pall Mall Gazette |date=15 October 1921 |access-date=3 April 2021 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002464/19211015/032/0003| via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}
He missed many years of potential success due to World War I but did reappear at the 1920 All England Badminton Championships where he reached the men's doubles semi final with Sir George Thomas losing to eventual winners Archibald Engelbach and Raoul du Roveray 15–6, 17–15.{{cite news |title= Badminton |work=The Times|date=6 March 1920|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS118034022/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=4a229bbb| via = Gale Primary Sources|access-date=3 April 2021}} This tournament appears to be the last he played in with no records showing further involvement in the sport.
References
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- John Arlott (Hrsg.): The Oxford companion to sports & games. Oxford University Press, London 1975
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20131106002949/http://www.badmintonengland.co.uk/core/core_picker/download.asp?documenttable=libraryfiles&id=2457&log_stat=0 All England champions 1899-2007]
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