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American Colossus: Big Bill Tilden and the Creation of Modern Tennis
- ... that American Colossus is a biography of a man who was "the most famous sportsman in the world" and "the most forgotten great athlete in American history"? Source:
Throughout the decade, Tilden was the most famous sportsman in the world
, Simon Briggs, "Brilliant New Biography Underlines Debt Tennis Owes to Big Bill Tilden", The Telegraph, February 23, 2018; andmost forgotten great athlete in American history
, Allen M. Hornblum as quoted in Dan Wolken, "Tennis Legend Bill Tilden's Controversial History Resurfaces in a Suitcase" USA Today, October 16, 2019.
Created by Hydrangeans (talk).
Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 17 past nominations.
Hydrangeans (she/her | talk | edits) 04:50, 20 May 2024 (UTC).
- Date, size, refs, hook, copyvio spotcheck, QPQ, etc. all fine - GTG. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 08:30, 20 May 2024 (UTC)