Joe Whalen
{{Short description|American tennis player (1916–1992)}}
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|birth_date = 14 January 1916
|birth_place = Millinocket, Maine, United States
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Joe Whalen (1916–1992) was an American tennis player in the 1930s who won a number of championships; he was originally from Millinocket, Maine, but grew up in Miami, Florida.
Career
His most significant championship win was the 1936 United States Pro Championship. He beat Charles Wood in the final.{{cite web|title=U. S. Pro Championships|url=http://www.tennis.co.nf/uspro.htm|website=www.tennis.co.nf|access-date=October 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170903074316/http://www.tennis.co.nf/uspro.htm|archive-date=September 3, 2017|url-status=dead}}
During World War II he served in the U.S. Army and was awarded the Purple Heart. Afterwards, he promoted professional tennis, and served as a teaching pro at a number of clubs. He founded and ran a tennis court construction{{Cite web|title=Tennis Court Construction {{!}} Construction Specialist|url=https://www.tenniscourtconstruction.org.uk/|access-date=2020-11-13|website=www.tenniscourtconstruction.org.uk}} company in Jacksonville, Florida until his retirement.
See also
External links
- [http://whalentennis.com/ Whalen Tennis]
- [http://whalentennis.com/joe-whalen-2/joe-whalen/ Joe Whalen]
- History of the Pro Tennis Wars
- [http://www.tennisserver.com/lines/lines_04_07_25.html Chapter VII: Awaiting Perry, 1936]
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Category:American male tennis players
Category:United States Army personnel of World War II
Category:People from Millinocket, Maine
Category:Sportspeople from Penobscot County, Maine
Category:Sportspeople from Maine
Category:Tennis players from Miami
Category:United States Army soldiers
Category:Professional tennis players before the Open Era
Category:20th-century American sportsmen
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