About Richard Sorlien
Lived 1922 – 2008 (aged 85). Richard Sorlien was a tennis player.
Richard Sorlien (June 23, 1922 — January 7, 2008) was an American lawyer and amateur tennis player.
Sorlien, a native of Minnesota, had his early career interrupted by World War II, in which he served with the United States Air Force. He made the singles third round of the 1951 U.S. National Championships, losing to Mervyn Rose. In 1952 he played in the men's doubles and mixed doubles main draws of the Wimbledon Championships.
A Harvard University graduate, Sorlien was a lawyer by profession and practiced at a firm in the Center City neighborhood of Philadelphia. He was on the board of the International Lawn Tennis Club of the United States and has an annual open-age competition, the Sorlien Cup, named in his honor.
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American lawyer and tennis player
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Richard Sorlien was born on 23 June 1922.
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Richard Sorlien died on 7 January 2008.
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Richard Sorlien was a tennis player.
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