Charles Lyndhurst Winslow (1 August 1888 – 15 September 1963) was a three-time Olympic

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medalist from

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. He won two gold medals: Men's Singles and Doubles at the

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. Eight years later, in

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, Winslow won a bronze medal in the Men's Singles event. Winslow's father

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played

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for

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, scoring a century on debut against

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, while Winslow's son

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played

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for

.Overson, p. 10. Winslow had a home at 157

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in Boston that was sold to the family of

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in 1910. He died on 15 September 1963 in

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at the age of 75.

Sources

* Overson, C. "... and never got another one", ''The Cricket Statistician'', No. 144,

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, Nottingham, UK.

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* * 1888 births 1963 deaths English emigrants to South Africa South African male tennis players Olympic tennis players of South Africa Olympic gold medalists for South Africa Olympic bronze medalists for South Africa Tennis players at the 1912 Summer Olympics Tennis players at the 1920 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in tennis Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics {{SouthAfrica-Olympic-medalist-stub