The Anonymous Widower

Memories of Chuck McKinley

Just watching the end of the Murray-Kendrick match at Wimbledon.

Thankfully, Murray won, but Kendrick was taking a leaf out of a fellow American, the late, Chuck McKinley. I must have been 15 when McKinley won the Championships in 1963.  He had this great advantage that he would dive everywhere and retrieve almost impossible balls.  If like me, you’ve played tennis on grass, you’ll know what is possible 9on that service, but not on anything hard.

I was sad to see that Chuck McKinley died at just 45.

June 23, 2009 - Posted by AnonW | Sport | Tennis