George Andrew Toley was an American collegiate tennis

Tennis

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 coach at the University of Southern California

University of Southern California

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 from 1954 to 1980. His teams won ten NCAA team championships

NCAA Men's Tennis Championship

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 (1955, 1958, 1962–64, 1966–69, 1976), nine individual titles and twelve doubles titles, and included stars such as Alex Olmedo

Alex Olmedo

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, Rafael Osuna

Rafael Osuna

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, Dennis Ralston

Dennis Ralston

Richard Dennis Ralston is an American former professional tennis player. He attended the University of Southern California and won NCAA championships under their legendary coach, George Toley. He was coached in his earlier years by the legendary tennis player, Pancho Gonzales...

, Joaquin Loyo-Mayo

Joaquin Loyo-Mayo

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, Raúl Ramírez

Raúl Ramírez

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, Stan Smith

Stan Smith

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, and Bob Lutz.

Born in Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California

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, Toley graduated from Los Angeles High School

Los Angeles High School

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 and attended the University of Miami

University of Miami

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 before returning to his hometown and graduating from USC in 1942 with a degree in Education

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. He was a nationally ranked tennis player during his college years, rising as high as 7th and 10th in doubles in 1939 and 1940 with partner, Gardnar Mulloy

Gardnar Mulloy

Gardnar Putnam Mulloy is a tennis player primarily known for playing in doubles matches with partner Billy Talbert. When he was the Tennis Coach of the University of Miami, he recruited Pancho Segura for the tennis team. Pancho won three straight NCAA Singles Titles in 1943, 1944, and 1945,...

, and 20th in singles

Singles (tennis)

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 from 1940 to 1942.

In 1941-42, Toley served for a brief time as a USC tennis coach, and also as a club pro at the Beverly Hills Tennis Club

Beverly Hills, California

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. After World War II, he became club pro at the Los Angeles Tennis Club

Los Angeles Tennis Club

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 (LATC) from 1947 to 1972. He was also an instructor at the Marlborough School

Marlborough School (Los Angeles, California)

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 from 1947 to 1970, and added the coaching position at USC in 1954 until retiring in 1980. He wrote a book on college tennis entitled "The Golden Age of College Tennis" in 2009.

Toley was named the Intercollegiate Tennis Association

Intercollegiate Tennis Association

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 National Coach of the Year for NCAA Division I men's tennis in 1978. Toley's teams at USC were highly successful, winning 82% of their dual matches (430-92-4). Toley's 1963 and 1967 teams were named the #1 and #3 greatest all-time men's teams, respectively, by Inside Tennis

Inside Tennis

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magazine.

In 1983, Toley was one of the 15 initial inductees to the Intercollegiate Tennis Hall of Fame (along with Olmedo, Osuna and Ralston), was elected to the Southern California Tennis Hall of Fame in 2000, and to the USC Athletic Hall of Fame in 2003. Toley died at age 91 in Pasadena, California

Pasadena, California

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