General John Crosby
Neely jr.
Male
United States of America
1872-05-26
Chicago, United States of America
1941-03-22
New York, United States of America


About

John Neely attended Princeton, graduating in 1894, and attended graduate school in engineering there, during which time he became the University tennis champion in 1897. In 1898, he placed second in the IC4A tennis championship. He later became an engineer in Chicago with the South Side Elevated Railway, then the Kellogg Switchboard & Supply Co., and with the Arnold Co. He was then editor of the Society of Automotive Engineers in New York, and was associated there with LaBranche & Co. Neely later went into banking for a time, and then became manager of the retail department for Wright & Ditson sporting goods company. He was also secretary of the Western Lawn Tennis Association.

On February 13, 1914 Neely, who was at that time a banker in Chicago, was shot and seriously wounded during an attempted robbery.



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Archive statistics 1892 - 1921
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Tournaments US Open - 1921 US Open - 1916 US Clay Courts - 1916 Cincinnati - 1915 Old Dominion Championship - 1910 US Open - 1909 Middle States Championships - 1909 Niagara International Tournament - 1909 Middle States Championships - 1908 Western States Championships - 1907 Canadian International Championships - 1904 Olympics, Olympic Games - 1904 Cincinnati - 1904 World's Fair amateur Championships - 1904 US Open - 1903 Canadian International Championships - 1903 Longwood Bowl - 1903 US Open - 1902 Longwood Bowl - 1902 Niagara International Tournament - 1902 Western States Championships - 1900 Western States Championships - 1899 Chicago Invitation Tournament - 1899 US Open - 1897 Canadian International Championships - 1897 Middle States Championships - 1897 Western States Championships - 1897 Niagara International Tournament - 1897 US Open - 1896 Niagara International Tournament - 1896 Intercollegiate Championships - 1896 Toronto City Championships - 1896 US Open - 1895 Middle States Championships - 1895 New England Championships - 1895 Southern Championships - 1895 Western States Championships - 1892

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