About Vane Pennell
Lived 1876 – 1939 (aged 62). Vane Pennell was a British tennis player.
Vane Hungerford Pennell (16 August 1876 – 17 June 1938) was an English rackets and real tennis (jeu de paume) player who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics for Great Britain.
Life Vane Pennell was educated at Eton, Charterhouse and Trinity College, Cambridge. He won the 1904 amateur tennis championship and the 1907 gold prize at Lords. In the 1908 Olympics he won the gold medal in the men's doubles competition together with John Jacob Astor. In the men's singles event he lost his first match.
He also competed in the Olympic jeu de paume tournament but was eliminated in the quarter-finals.
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Who was Vane Pennell?
British real tennis player (1876–1938)
When was Vane Pennell born?
Vane Pennell was born on 16 August 1876 in London, Kensington.
When did Vane Pennell die?
Vane Pennell died on 17 June 1939 in Bournemouth, Boscombe.
What was Vane Pennell's occupation?
Vane Pennell was a tennis player.
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Vane Pennell was British.
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