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Jimmie McDaniel

1916–1990

United States

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Jimmie Pierce McDaniel (September 4, 1916 – March 8, 1990) was an African-American tennis player. He won the American Tennis Association, ATA National Championships event four times (1939–1941, 1946). He was said to be the "greatest black player of the pre-war (WWII) era." He was a lefty and was about 6 ft 5 in tall.

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