George Stewart was a Panama-born tennis player. Stewart, a black player, was dominant in the American Tennis Association (ATA) during the 1940s and 1950s, along with Althea Gibson from the women's bracket. A seven-time singles champion, he won his first ATA title in 1947. In 1952 he and Reginald Weir were the first blacks to compete at the U.S. national championships (modern day US Open). A left-handed player, Stewart was a doubles silver medalist for Panama at the

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in Mexico City and also represented his birth country at the Bolivarian Games. Stewart played collegiate tennis for South Carolina State A&M.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stewart, George Year of birth missing Possibly living people Panamanian male tennis players American male tennis players Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Panama Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in tennis Competitors at the 1954 Central American and Caribbean Games South Carolina State University alumni American sportspeople of Panamanian descent