Bernie Schwengers

Bernard Peter Schwengers (26 May 1880 – 6 December 1946 ). was a British-born Canadian tennis player, baseball player, and all-round sportsman. He is considered the finest Canadian tennis player of the early twentieth century and is amongst Canada's tennis greats. He was inducted into the BC Sports Hall of Fame in 1966 and the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame in 1973.

Tennis

He won the Vancouver Lawn Tennis Club single title in 1900 and 1906, and the doubles title in 1906. He won the Pacific Northwest singles championship five consecutive years from 1909 to 1913, It was Canada's first entry into the Davis Cup and they reached the final of the cup only to be defeated by the United States in the summer of 1913 at Wimbledon where the cup was being held.

Other sports Schwengers was successful in a wide range of sports, and was a champion rower for JBAA, setting the British Columbian 100-yard sprint record in 1898. The Victoria & District Baseball Association cites Schwengers and Jimmy Holmes as the finest baseball players in Victoria during this period. He later found success as a senior golfer, winning the Pacific Northwest Seniors Golf Championship in 1943.

He was inducted into the BC Sports Hall of Fame in 1966 and the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame in 1973.