Bill Tilden: A US tennis hero, but with a morals clause. Published Apr 28, 2016. copy_link. PHILADELPHIA (AP) In the 1920s and 1930s, Bill Tilden was to tennis what Babe Ruth was to baseball.

Bill Tilden holds record of six straight U.S. Open crowns, but was a controversial figure ; Tilden dominated tennis in the 1920s, winning 10 grand slam titles ...

Bill Tilden often played exhibitions at the Hotel Royal Poinciana during the first half of the 20th century as tennis built a U.S. audience.

Tennis legend Bill Tilden's controversial history resurfaces in a suitcase. Dan Wolken. USA TODAY. On June 5, 1953, one of America’s first sporting icons died of a heart attack in a small ...

Not even Bill Tilden's penchant for self-destruction was enough for anyone to challenge his place in tennis history. Through glorious triumph and inglorious tragedy, Tilden remained Big Bill.

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During the 1920s Bill Tilden dominated tennis. He won 10 major titles, the US National Championships (as the US Open was then known) seven times, and Wimbledon three times ...

At the death in 1953 of Bill Tilden, generally acknowledged to have been the best tennis player in the history of the game, the sports columnist Red Smith wrote: “And so it ends, the tale of the ...

At age 26, after being soundly defeated by “Little Bill Johnston” 6-4,6-4, 6-3 in the finals of the U.S. Nationals, Bill Tilden took matters into his own hands.

Bill Tilden often played exhibitions at the Hotel Royal Poinciana during the first half of the 20th century as tennis built a U.S. audience.