Dr Marcus Meyer (Marc)
Dunsworth
Male
Canada
1895-07-28
Macomb, Illinois, United States of America
1966-08-06
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
From The Edmonton Journal, 15 August 1966
Obituary
A city dentist well-known for his participation in sports died early Saturday morning. Funeral services for Dr Marcus Meyer Dunsworth of 5326 Ada Boulevard, Edmonton, will be held Tuesday at 2pm from the First Christian Church, 97 Street and 134 Avenue.
Tennis was Dr Dunsworth’s main interest. Between 1920 and 1935, he held city, provincial and Western Canadian singles championships. He also won many doubles championships with different partners. A half-back, Dr Dunsworth starred with the Edmonton Eskimos from 1918 to 1914. He went to two Grey Cups with the team in 1921 and 1922.
He also played with the 49th Battalion basketball team when they won the provincial championship. During the 1920s, Dr Dunsworth also participated in track and field. Later, he played handball and won city singles and doubles championships.
Born in Macomb, Illinois, in 1895, he moved to Saskatoon with his family in 1905. The family moved again in 1907, to Lethbridge, where Dr Dunsworth lived until he went to Northwestern University in Chicago to study dentistry. Graduating in 1917, he joined the Canadian Dental Corps and served until 1919.
He came to Edmonton and practised dentistry here until February of this year. From 1949 until 1952, Dr Dunsworth was a director of the Edmonton Eskimos. He was also on the council that chooses the junior athlete of the year.
Dr Dunsworth was past president of the Edmonton and District Dental Society, a past Master of the Commercial Lodge 81 AF and AM, and a one-time board chairman of the First Christian Church.
Dr Dunsworth is survived by his widow, Ruth (née Ethyl Ruth Nesbit); three sons: Lorne, Los Angeles; Robert, Vancouver; and Dr Brian, Edmonton; one daughter, Mrs A.K. Bradshaw (née Marcia Dunsworth), Seattle; and 13 grandchildren.
1924 - 1930
7
10
7
1930 - Alberta Championships (Amateur)
1929 - Alberta Championships (Amateur)
1928 - Alberta Championships (Amateur)
1927 - Alberta Championships (Amateur)
1925 - Alberta Championships (Amateur)
1924 - Alberta Championships (Amateur)
1924 - Western Canada Hard Court Championships (Amateur)
Final
Dr Marcus Meyer (Marc) Dunsworth 1 *
Einar William Gunderson
6-0
6-2
6-2
Final
Dr Marcus Meyer (Marc) Dunsworth 1 *
Lindsay Carver
6-3
6-2
6-2
Round 4
Arthur Ham 1 *
Dr Marcus Meyer (Marc) Dunsworth
Final
Dr Marcus Meyer (Marc) Dunsworth 1 *
C.C. Peterson
6-3
5-7
7-5
2-6
6-2
Final
Dr Marcus Meyer (Marc) Dunsworth 1 *
Thomas B. (Tommy) Chambers
6-2
6-1
6-1
Round 2
Wallace Wendell Scott 1 *
Dr Marcus Meyer (Marc) Dunsworth
6-0
6-4
Final
William Sydney Waugh 1 *
Dr Marcus Meyer (Marc) Dunsworth
1-6
6-0
7-5
6-2
Final
Dr Marcus Meyer (Marc) Dunsworth 1 *
Frederick Vaughan Stuart
6-4
6-4
7-5
Final
Dr Marcus Meyer (Marc) Dunsworth 1 *
Frederick John Mitchell
6-4
6-3
2-6
6-2
Final
Dr Marcus Meyer (Marc) Dunsworth 1 *
George Donaldson Holmes
2-6
6-4
2-6
6-0
6-0