Herbert Uber
{{Short description|English badminton player}}
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| birth_date = 25 August 1885
| birth_place = Lambeth
| death_date = 31 May 1969
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Herbert Septimus Uber (1885-1969), was a male badminton player from England.{{cite web|url=https://www.allenglandbadminton.com/championship-info/history/|title=History|publisher=All England Badminton}}
Badminton career
Uber born in Lambeth {{cite web|url=https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?r=75475773:6384&d=bmd_1559549199|title=Birth|publisher=Free BMD}} was a four times winner of the All England Open Badminton Championships. He won the men's doubles in 1925 and then won three more titles in the mixed doubles.{{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}}
He gained his England caps while playing for Surrey.{{cite web|url=https://www.badmintonengland.co.uk/media/5830/chapter_2_-_facts_and_records_as_at_23-07-2017.pdf|title=England caps|publisher=Badminton England|access-date=16 June 2019|archive-date=27 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181227230728/https://www.badmintonengland.co.uk/media/5830/chapter_2_-_facts_and_records_as_at_23-07-2017.pdf|url-status=dead}}
He was part of the English touring team that visited Canada during 1930. A match was held at the Granite Club in Toronto which England won 7-2.{{cite web|url=https://www.scribd.com/document/98143396/Badminton-in-the-1930|title=Badminton : An Illustrated History - From ancient pastime to Olympic sport|publisher=Google Books}}{{cite web|url=https://www.ancestry.co.uk/|title=UK, Outward Passenger Lists, Liverpool 1930 November|publisher=Ancestry UK}}
Family
His mixed doubles title were won with his wife Betty Uber (née Corbin) whom he married in 1925, the name Uber is synonymous with badminton because of the Uber Cup.
References
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{{Footer All England Open Championships Badminton Doubles Men}}
{{Footer All England Open Championships Badminton Doubles Mixed}}
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Category:English male badminton players
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