- Collection:
- Atlanta History Photograph Collection
- Title:
- Frank Willet
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Kenan Research Center
- Date of Original:
- 1945
- Subject:
- Tennis courts--Georgia--Atlanta
Tennis players--Georgia--Atlanta
Tennis rackets
Tennis--Georgia--Atlanta
Men--1940-1950
Clothing & dress--1940-1950
Hairstyles--1940-1950
Athletes--Georgia--Atlanta
Sports and recreation facilities--Georgia--Atlanta
Sports - People:
- Willet, Frank
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of tennis player Frank Willet on the tennis court.
playing tennis; tennis shoes; tennis outfit; muscles; veins; concentration; tennis match; tennis ball;
Frank Willett was a tennis player and graduate of Georgia Tech, where he went undefeated in regular season dual matches for four years in the mid-1940s and reached the NCAA singles semifinal in 1945. The Alabama native won the National Indoors Boys' title in 1940 and the Men's Southern Crown in 1957. Willett was the recipient of the William P. Jacobs Sportsmanship Award and the Noland Touchstone Sportsmanship Award. Willett is a member of six halls of fame: Lookout Mountain, Greater Chattanooga, Georgia Tech, Southern Tennis, Tennessee Tennis, and the Georgia Tennis Hall of Fame. Willett Stadium, the stadium at the University of the South Tennis Center is named in honor of the tennis-playing Willett family. His father, Buzz, and grandfather, Frank, both played at Georgia Tech. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 170.4566.001
ahc1704566001a - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/athpc/id/1388
- Rights Holder:
- This material is protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U.S Code) Permission for use must be cleared through The Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.
- Additional Rights Information:
- This material is protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U.S Code) Permission for use must be cleared through The Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.
- Extent:
- 8 x 10 in.
- Original Collection:
- Atlanta History Photogrpah Collection
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
