Colin Gregory

Colin Gregory, a doctor by profession, was an amateur British tennis player, born in Beverley, Yorkshire, on 28 July 1903 and died on 10 January 1959, best remembered for winning the Australian Open in 1929. Like his father he became a medical doctor, while also playing doubles and singles at a high level, and he took up cricket, golf, rugby and squash. In the 1920s he partnered Ian Collins in doubles and they reached the 1929 Wimbledon final. After the Second World War he captained the British Davis Cup team, and in 1952 the 49 year old stepped in to win a doubles rubber with Tony Mottram against Yugoslavia. He became chairman of the All England Club in 1955 and died at Wimbledon in 1959 after a match.