Gordon Sylvester Bradshaw Mack (known as Curly Mack) (1898-1948), 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 p ...

player from

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He won the

All England Open Badminton Championships The All England Open Badminton Championships is the world's oldest badminton tournament, held annually in England. With the introduction of the BWF's latest grading system, it was given Super Series status in 2007, upgraded to Super Series Premi ...

, considered as the unofficial World Badminton Championships, in men's singles in 1930. In total, he won eight

titles between 1923 and 1931, six of them in men's doubles, one in men's singles and one in mixed doubles. He also won twelve Irish Open titles.

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Irish male badminton players 1898 births 1948 deaths {{Ireland-badminton-bio-stub