About Derrick Barton
Lived 1923 – 2006 (aged 82). Derrick Barton was a tennis coach and tennis player.
Derrick William Barton (26 September 1923 – 11 March 2006) was a British tennis player and coach.
Born in London, Barton competed briefly on tour in the immediate post-war period, playing for the Great Britain Davis Cup team in 1946 and 1947. He was a men's doubles quarter-finalist at the 1947 Wimbledon Championships and twice made the singles third round. In 1947 he moved to the United States and began a career in coaching, first serving five years in charge of the Davidson College tennis team. After this he coached Southwestern (now Rhodes College) in Memphis for two decades, then went into business building and resurfacing tennis courts.
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British tennis player and coach
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Derrick Barton was born on 26 September 1923.
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Derrick Barton died on 11 March 2006.
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