Guy Jackson (20 September 1921 – 18 June 1972) was a

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

player and businessman from

Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...

Career

Jackson competed at the

Wimbledon Championships The Wimbledon Championships, commonly known simply as Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is widely regarded as the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, All England Club in ...

on eight occasions, in 1947, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954 and 1960. He made the second round three times.Tennis Archive Profile
/ref> In the

Davis Cup The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is contested annually between teams from competing countries in a knock-out format. It is described by the organis ...

, Jackson took part in 15 ties, the first in 1948 and last in 1964.Davis Cup Profile
/ref> He won nine singles rubbers and four doubles matches for Ireland.

Staines air disaster

Jackson, an executive with Guinness Brewery, was one of 12 Irish senior businessmen on board British European Airways Flight 548, which crashed near the town of Staines. There were no survivors.''

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"34 Americans are among 118 dead in plane crash"
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jackson, Guy 1921 births 1972 deaths Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in England 20th-century Irish businesspeople Irish male tennis players