Mickey Mantle. The Last Boy
My copy just arrived. It's written by Jane Leavy. Number seven on the NY Yankees was my favorite baseball player. Followed closely by Roger Maris. Reminds me of Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. It's...
View ArticleWalking Out There Naked – By Jack Neworth
By: Jack Neworth Saturday, September 8th, is the birthday of one of tennis' most legendary and beloved former stars, Gertrude "Gussy" Moran. As for how many candles will adorn the cake, it's not...
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To Know My Friend Gussy
By Jack Neworth Gertrude "Gussy" Augusta Moran, a much beloved tennis star of the 1950’s known around the world as “Gorgeous Gussy,” passed away peacefully in her sleep in her Los Angeles apartment in...
View ArticleGussie Moran Passes Away
Few players have caused more of a stir in the traditionally conservative green acres of Wimbledon’s All England Club than Gertrude Augusta Moran, or ‘Gorgeous Gussie’ as she became famously known, who...
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Gorgeous Gussy Moran Passes Away
It's January 16,2013. Gertrude Augusta Moran of Santa Monica , California has gone to the big grass tennis court in the sky. Most of her life she was known as Gussy Moran. Most misspell it as Gussie...
View ArticleRemembering Gussy Moran – By: Philip Gutierrez
Last week I learned that Gussy Moran passed away. I read articles about her life. The stories chronicled her professional achievements, strong personality, financial challenges, Wimbledon, and of...
View ArticleNovak wins Three straight Auzzie slams !!! And A visit to Los Angeles
Melbourne/Santa Monica ..... it's midnight at the shoot out at the O.K. Corral . Both marksman /athletes/ warriors wearing black. In the old west the bad boy cowboys always wore black. We equate black...
View Article“Gorgeous Gussy Our Lady of Lourdes” By Hilary McGuire
I had already taught 2 full years at Our Lady of Lourdes in East Los Angeles. One of my math, literature and creative writing students was a particularly receptive Philip Gutierrez, a US District Judge...
View ArticleGUSSY MORAN: THE ACCIDENTAL REVOLUTIONARY – 1923-2013
Thank You and Courtesy To: Bill Simons (Original Story: http://www.insidetennis.com/2013/01/gussie-moran-accidental-revolutionary-19232013/ ) Modern Tennis was first played on grand British estates in...
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Wimbledon Fussed About Roger Federer’s Shoes
OK. Here's a quick post card. We know Wimbledon is Wimbledon. We know Gussy Moran's panties raised a stir in 1949 with one row of lace on her white knickers. But really ? Rogers shoes didn't pass the...
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Wool Over Lace, Only One Manages the Front Page By. Sigrid Draper
CUTHBERT COLLINGWOOD "TED" TINLING WAS BORN ON JUNE 23, 1910. I WAS BORN FEBRUARY 20, 1943. HE WAS BORN IN ENGLAND; I WAS BORN IN RIGA, LATVIA! WHAT DO YOU THINK THE ODDS WERE THAT WE WOULD EVER MEET?...
View ArticleRemembering Gussy Moran on Her 90th Birthday
September 8th 2013. Santa Monica, California Today would have been my dear friend Gussy (Gussie) 90th birthday. Gertrude Augusta Moran was born in Santa Monica California. This past January in...
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Tennis Legend Louise Brough Goes To The Big Grass Court in Heaven
Louise Brough Clapp, the United States tennis star who was unquestionably one of the sport’s true legends, winning 35 Grand Slam titles in the 1940’s and ‘50’s, has died at the age of 90. After...
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Gussy Moran – ahead of her time
“Gorgeous” Gussy Moran was Hollywood through and through and head to toe all over. The daughter of a Universal Studios sound technician, she had a few small roles in feature films whilst growing up,...
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Tennis – Gussy Moran and Lovey
Editors note: September 9th, 2016 would have been Gussy’s 93rd Birthday. We here at 10sBalls will always feel blessed to have been friends with the courageous woman. She had a great spirit that stayed...
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Wimbledon 2019 Marks The 70th Anniversary Of Gorgeous Gussy Moran’s Lace...
GUSSY MORAN: THE ACCIDENTAL REVOLUTIONARY – 1923-2013 Editor’s Note • 2019 is the 70th Anniversary Of Gussy Moran wearing her Frilly Knickers to play tennis at Wimbledon. The story below was written by...
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