Paul Arden Willey was a Canadian

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player. Willey, the Canadian junior champion in 1949, attended Vancouver's

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. In 1954 he won the Ontario Championships in singles, and was runner-up at the same event in 1956 to Bob Bédard and in 1957 to

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, in the latter tournament playing with a sore elbow. In 1956, he defeated

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on red clay at Florence, and in 1957 he defeated

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on grass at Southampton. He won several tournaments in British Columbia in the late 1950s. He played for the

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from 1953 to 1958 and had a singles win against American Barry MacKay in 1956. Between 1959 and 1963 he served as Canada's national coach, before relocating to Arizona with wife Colleen.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Willey, Paul Year of birth missing 2005 deaths Canadian male tennis players Racket sportspeople from British Columbia Sportspeople from Vancouver Canadian emigrants to the United States

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