Herbert Septimus Uber (1885-1969), was a male

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players pe ...

player from

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Badminton career

Uber born in Lambeth was a four times winner of the

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. He won the men's doubles in

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and then won three more titles in the mixed doubles. He gained his England caps while playing for Surrey. He was part of the English touring team that visited Canada during 1930. A match was held at the Granite Club in Toronto which England won 7-2.

Family

His mixed doubles title were won with his wife Betty Uber (née Corbin) whom he married in 1925, the name Uber is synonymous with badminton because of the

Uber Cup The Uber Cup, sometimes called the World Women's Team Championships, is a major international badminton competition contested by women's national badminton teams. First held in 1956–1957 and contested at three year intervals, it has been contes ...

References

English male badminton players 1885 births 1969 deaths {{England-badminton-bio-stub