William Clothier
Encyclopedia
This article is about the tennis
player. For the cinematographer
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William Jackson Clothier (September 27, 1881 in Sharon Hill, Pennsylvania
– September 4, 1962 in Philadelphia) was a male tennis player from the United States.
Clothier reached the final of the United States Championships
thrice, winning once in 1906.
Clothier was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame
in 1956.
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
player. For the cinematographer
Cinematographer
A cinematographer is one photographing with a motion picture camera . The title is generally equivalent to director of photography , used to designate a chief over the camera and lighting crews working on a film, responsible for achieving artistic and technical decisions related to the image...
, see William H. Clothier
William H. Clothier
William H. Clothier, A.S.C. was an American cinematographer.Born in Decatur, Illinois, Clothier entered the film industry painting sets at Warner Bros., and at the end of the silent era began photographing such films as Wings and Ernst Lubitsch's The Patriot...
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William Jackson Clothier (September 27, 1881 in Sharon Hill, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
– September 4, 1962 in Philadelphia) was a male tennis player from the United States.
Clothier reached the final of the United States Championships
U.S. Open (tennis)
The US Open, formally the United States Open Tennis Championships, is a hardcourt tennis tournament which is the modern iteration of one of the oldest tennis championships in the world, the U.S. National Championship, which for men's singles was first contested in 1881...
thrice, winning once in 1906.
Clothier was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame
International Tennis Hall of Fame
The International Tennis Hall of Fame is located in Newport, Rhode Island, United States. The hall of fame and honors players and contributors to the sport of tennis and includes a museum, grass tennis courts, an indoor tennis facility, and a court tennis facility.-History:The hall of fame and...
in 1956.
U.S. Championships
- Singles champion: 1906
- Singles finalist: 1904, 1909
- Mixed Doubles finalist: 1912