About Neville Willford
Lived 1882 – 1947 (aged 64–65). Neville Willford was a tennis player.
Neville Willford (1882–1947) was a British tennis player in the years before and after World war 1. His best performance in Wimbledon men's singles was a quarter final in 1920 (where he lost to Zenzo Shimizu). At Wimbledon in 1924, Willford won a set against eventual champion Jean Borotra in the men's singles first round. Willford's Wimbledon singles career spanned the years from 1912 to 1926. Willford died in Sussex in 1947 aged 64.
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Who was Neville Willford?
tennis player (1882-1947)
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Neville Willford was born in 1882 in Yorkshire.
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Neville Willford died in 1947 in Sussex.
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