Manliffe Goodbody

Manliffe Francis Goodbody ( born November 20, 1868 in Dublin, † March 24 1916 in the English Channel ) was an Irish tennis player.

Life

Goodbody came in 1868 as the son of Marcus Goodbody and Hannah Woodcock Perry to the world. He studied at Trinity College, Dublin.

In 1887 Goodbody took part in tennis tournaments. In 1889 he won the championship of Northern Ireland in Belfast. In the same year he reached the second round at the Wimbledon Championships. In 1894 he played at the U.S. Championships and immediately reached the final of the All- Comers Contest, which he won in five sets against Bill Larned. In the Challenge Round, however, he had to concede defeat defending champion Robert Wrenn. In 1895 he reached the final at the Queen 's Club Championships. 1896 and 1897 he won at the French Indoor Championships. He then joined only sporadically on in tournaments.

After his tennis career, he worked as a shipbroker in the Baltic Exchange. On 22 November 1904 he married Margarita Howat Mathieson. From this marriage two children were born: Kenneth Manliffe Goodbody ( born December 8, 1905) and Sheila Margarita Goodbody ( born April 10, 1910).

He died at the age of 47 years on board the ferry channel Sussex, which was torpedoed on 24 March 1916 at the English Channel by German submarine UB 29.

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Sources and links

• Manliffe Francis Goodbody. tennisarchives.com, accessed on 14 November 2012 ( English).
• Collins, B.: History of tennis. 2nd edition. New Chapter Press, New York, 2010. ISBN 978-0-942257-70-0, S 454
• Montgomery Massingberd, H.: Burke 's Irish Family Records. Burke's Peerage, London, 1976. ISBN 978-0850110180, pp. 482
• Manliffe Francis Goodbody. thepeerage.com, accessed on 14 November 2012 ( English).

• Tennis players (Ireland )
• Tennis Player ( United Kingdom )
• Man
• Born in 1868
• Died in 1916