About Wilbur Hess
Lived 1913 – 1992 (aged 79). Wilbur Hess was a tennis player.
Wilbur Eugene Hess (January 15, 1913 – January 27, 1992) was an American tennis player.
Hess was born in Cleburne, Texas and attended Central High School, Fort Worth, Texas. After winning a state high school singles championship, Hess played varsity tennis for Rice Institute in Houston and as a senior won the 1935 national intercollegiate singles title. He reached the singles fourth round of the 1935 U.S. National Championships and had a best national ranking of 16th.
An investment banker by profession, Hess was a 1988 inductee into the Texas Tennis Hall of Fame. His elder brother Jake was a tennis player for Rice, as well an All-American in basketball.
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