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Vere St. Leger Goold

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Irish tennis player (1853-1909)

Tennis PlayersLived 1853 to 1909 · aged 55
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Vere Thomas "St. Leger" Goold was an Irish tennis player who competed for the 1879 Wimbledon All Comers' final. That year he became the first singles champion of the Irish Championships.

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Wimbledon Lawn tennis final 15 July 1879Wimbledon Lawn tennis final 15 July 1879Cover of Le Petit Journal, No. 875 from 25 August 1907Cover of Le Petit Journal, No. 875 from 25 August 1907GOOLD, Vere Thomas Saint Léger, in the 18th July 1908 on the steamboat Loire on his way to devil's Island, French GuyanaGOOLD, Vere Thomas Saint Léger, in the 18th July 1908 on the steamboat Loire on his way to devil's Island, French Guyana

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About this person

Vere Thomas "St. Leger" Goold was an Irish tennis player who competed for the 1879 Wimbledon All Comers' final. That year he became the first singles champion of the Irish Championships. He quickly faded from the game and in 1907 was sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island for the murder of a Swedish widow in Monte Carlo. In 1909 he died there by suicide.

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Tennis Players
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Tennis Player
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deceased
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Lived 1853 to 1909 · aged 55
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