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Norma Stoker (26 March 1905 – 21 August 1962) was an Irish
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 ...
and
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.


Career

Norma Stoker was successful in both tennis and badminton. In tennis, she lost in the singles final of the Irish Open in 1931 and 1933. In badminton, she won the national singles titles from 1934 to 1937 and the women's doubles in 1937 and 1938 at the Irish Open.


Family

Norma Stoker was born on 26 March 1905, the daughter of the Wimbledon champion tennis player and rugby international
Frank Stoker Francis Owen Stoker (29 May 1867 – 8 January 1939) was an Irish tennis and rugby union player.Fran Cotton (ed.) ''The Book of Rugby Disasters & Bizarre Records'' (Compiled by Chris Rhys. London. Century Publishing. 1984. ) ...
. The writer
Bram Stoker Abraham Stoker (8 November 1847 – 20 April 1912) was an Irish author who is celebrated for his 1897 Gothic horror novel '' Dracula''. During his lifetime, he was better known as the personal assistant of actor Sir Henry Irving and busine ...
is a distant relative of hers. She is buried at Glasnevin Cemetery in
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* http://www.bramstokerestate.com/Extended-Family-Bram-Stoker-Dacre-AE2-FO-Stoker-Graves-Stoker-Submarine-Wimbleton.html Irish female badminton players Irish female tennis players People from County Dublin 1905 births 1962 deaths {{Ireland-badminton-bio-stub