Gossip columnists linked Don Budge, whom they dubbed ''the Romeo of tennis,'' to actress Olivia de Havilland romantically.
(Jeff Budge)
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Gossip columnists linked Don Budge, whom they dubbed ''the Romeo of tennis,'' to actress Olivia de Havilland romantically.
(Jeff Budge)
The Davis Cup match on July 20, 1937 was a contest of epic proportions. It was America against Germany, democracy against fascism. Millions around the world listened on the radio as Don Budge, a working-class player from Oakland, Calif., faced Gottfried von Cramm, an aristocrat under surveillance by the Gestapo. Von Cramm was a closeted homosexual who refused to join ... (Full article: 571 words)
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