1920 - 2020
Bob Ryland American Tennis
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Details
| First Name |
Bob
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| Last Name |
Ryland
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| Birthday |
30th November, 1919
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| Died |
2nd August, 2020
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| Build |
Average
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| Eye Color |
Black
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| Hair Color |
Black
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| Ethnicity |
Black
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| Nationality |
American
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| Occupation |
Tennis
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Robert Hayes Ryland (June 16, 1920 – August 2, 2020) was an American tennis player and coach, known for having been the first African-American to play professional tennis. Ryland coached some of the world's top-ranked professionals, including Harold Solomon, Renee Blount, Leslie Allen, Arthur Ashe, Bruce Foxworth, Venus Williams, and Serena Williams. Ryland also taught and coached at clubs in Bermuda, Puerto Rico, St. Alban's Tennis Club in Washington, D.C., and the Mid-Town Tennis Club in Manhattan. Ryland was inducted into the Wayne State University Athletic Hall of Fame (1991), Black Tennis Hall of Fame (2009), and the Eastern Tennis Hall of Fame in 2002, where he also received a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012.
