Feb 4 – Arthur Ashe

February 4, 2021

Arthur Ashe | Tennis Player | 1943-1993
Ashe’s resume includes three Grand Slam titles and the title of the first black player selected to the United States Davis Cup team and the only black man ever to win the singles title at Wimbledon, the US Open, and the Australian Open. In July 1979, Ashe suffered a heart attack while holding a tennis clinic in New York. His high profile drew attention to his condition, specifically to the hereditary aspect of heart disease. On June 20, 1993, Ashe was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Bill Clinton

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