Evelyn Colyer
Tennis Player
1902 – 1930
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Who was Evelyn Colyer?
Evelyn Lucy Colyer was a female tennis player from Great Britain. With Joan Austin, sister of Bunny Austin, Evvie Colyer, a teenager in pig-tails, played doubles in the 1923 Wimbledon final against Suzanne Lenglen and Helen Wills. Colyer and Austin were known in the British press as "The Babes." At the 1924 Paris Olympics she teamed up with Dorothy Shepherd-Barron to win a bronze medal in the women's doubles event.
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- Born
- Aug 16, 1902
- Also known as
- Evelyn Lucy Colyer
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Died
- Nov 4, 1930
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on July 23, 2013
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