| Herbert Uber | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Country |  England |
| Born | 25 August 1885 Lambeth |
| Died | 31 May 1969 Dorset |
Herbert Septimus Uber (1885-1969), was a male badminton player from England. [1]
| Herbert Uber | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Country | England |
| Born | 25 August 1885 Lambeth |
| Died | 31 May 1969 Dorset |
Herbert Septimus Uber (1885-1969), was a male badminton player from England. [1]
Uber born in Lambeth [2] was a four times winner of the All England Open Badminton Championships. He won the men's doubles in 1925 and then won three more titles in the mixed doubles. [3]
He gained his England caps while playing for Surrey. [4]
He was part of the English touring team that visited Canada during 1930. A match was held at the Granite Club in Toronto which England won 7-2. [5] [6]
His mixed doubles title were won with his wife Betty Uber (née Corbin) whom he married in 1925, the name Uber is synonymous with badminton because of the Uber Cup.
Finn Kobberø was a badminton player from Denmark, who won numerous international titles in all of badminton's three events from the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s.
Thomas Kihlström is a former badminton player from Sweden known for his agility, tactical astuteness, and coolness under pressure. Though an impressive singles player early in his career, his greatest successes came in doubles.
Verawaty Fadjrin, is a former badminton player who won international titles spanning from the late 1970s to the end of the 1980s. Tall and powerful, at one time or another she played each of the three variations of the sport at the highest world level.
Tjun Tjun is a retired Chinese-Indonesian badminton player.
Imelda Wiguna is a former badminton player from Indonesia who played at the world class level from the mid-1970s through the mid-1980s.
Elizabeth Uber was an English badminton and tennis player. In 1925 she married Herbert Uber.
Ralph Cyril Fulford Nichols was an English male international badminton player.
Raymond Maurice "Bill" White (1909–1972) was an English international badminton player.
Donald Charles Hume was a male badminton player from England.
Jørgen Hammergaard Hansen was a Danish badminton player who won numerous major international titles from the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s. Though he competed in singles at a strong international level during the first half of his career, it was as a doubles player that he made his mark, capturing six All-England men's doubles titles with Finn Kobberø and reaching the final round of the All-England mixed doubles on three occasions. Noted for his powerful smash which included an ability to smash off his backhand with the heavy rackets of the day, Hammergaard Hansen took part in five consecutive Thomas Cup campaigns for Denmark between 1952 and 1964, winning over 80 percent of his matches. In 1998 he was inducted into the Badminton Hall of Fame.
Teh Kew San (郑求山) is a former Malaysian badminton player who won national and international titles from the late 1950s to the mid-1960s.
John David Eddy is a retired badminton player from England who won national and international titles from the late 1960s to the early 1980s.
Anthony Derek Jordan is a former English badminton player who won numerous international titles from the mid-1950s through the late 1960s.
Minarni was an Indonesian badminton player who won major titles around the world and who represented her country internationally between 1959 and 1975. In 1968 Minarni became the first Indonesian to reach the final of women's singles at the prestigious All-England Championships, and with Retno Kustijah formed the first of only two Indonesian women's doubles teams yet to capture the All-England title. She also won titles at the Indonesian National Championships, the quadrennial Asian Games, the Asian Championships, and at the Malaysia, USA, Canadian, Singapore, and New Zealand Opens. Minarni first played in the then triennial Uber Cup competition for Indonesia in her mid teens (1959). In her last Uber Cup campaign (1974-1975) her excellent doubles play helped Indonesia to win its first women's world team title.
Susan Devlin Peard is a former badminton player who represented both the US and Ireland in international competition. She is the daughter of J. Frank Devlin, an Irish badminton great, who moved his family to the United States in the late 1930s. She is the older sister of Judy Devlin Hashman, with whom she won numerous international women's doubles championships, including six titles at the prestigious All-England Championships. The Devlin sisters won a record ten United States women's doubles titles between 1953 and 1966. They also formed a doubles pairing that won all of its individual matches for the world champion U.S. Uber Cup teams of 1957 and 1960. In 1960 Susan Devlin married Irish badminton player Frank Peard and thereafter resided in Ireland. She won two Irish national women's doubles titles and played Uber Cup for Ireland in the '62-'63 and '65-'66 campaigns. In 1976 she was inducted into the U.S. Badminton Hall of Fame, now known as the Walk of Fame. In 2009, both Susan and Judy were inducted into the Goucher College athletics Hall of Fame.
Retno Kustijah is a former badminton player from Indonesia who competed internationally from the early 1960s to the early 1970s.
Queenie Mary Allen, later Queenie Webber, was an English badminton player from the 1930s into 1950s. She won the women's doubles title at the All England Open Badminton Championships in 1949 with Betty Uber. She also won international competitions in Denmark, Scotland, South Africa, Ireland, and France.
Albert Edward Harbot (1896-1968), was a male badminton player from England.
Roger J Mills is a former English international badminton player and coach.
 | This biographical article relating to English badminton is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
