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The Match: Althea Gibson and Angela Buxton: How Two Outsiders-One Black, the Other Jewish-Forged a Friendship and Made Sports History

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The Match: Althea Gibson and Angela Buxton: How Two Outsiders-One Black, the Other Jewish-Forged a Friendship and Made Sports History - Schoenfeld, Bruce
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In 1956, African-American Althea Gibson and Russian Jew Angela Buxton found themselves shunned by other tennis players and therefore without doubles partners at Wimbledon. Undaunted, they decided to play together--and triumphed.

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The Match: Althea Gibson and Angela Buxton: How Two Outsiders-One Black, the Other Jewish-Forged a Friendship and Made Sports History 2004, Amistad Press, New York, NY

ISBN-13: 9780060526528

Hardcover