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General First nameDr. Leslie Emerson
LastnameEaton
GenderMale
CountryCanada
Date of birth1877-02-19
Place of birthCanning, Nova Scotia, Canada
Date of death1953-08-20
Place of deathWolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada


About

From Sports in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, 1870-1950:
https://library.acadiau.ca/files/sites/archives/special_projects/sporthistory/athletes/male/eaton.html

Leslie Eaton was an active sportsman from his school days in the 1890s through the 1920s and beyond; he also contributed to the governance and running of sport in both the Wolfville area and in Nova Scotia.

As a student athlete at Acadia from 1899 to 1903, he was seen by contemporaries as “a good athlete, halfback on the football team, and easily the best distance runner in college.” During the sports day at the close of the 1901 term, Eaton won the mile and half-mile and in the interclass meet of the same year, he won the half-mile and quarter-mile, and was second in the 220 yard run and in the pole vault –an indication of his all-round skill.

After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania Dental College in 1905, he established a practice in Madras, India. In 1920, he returned to Wolfville where he established his dental practice and quickly became involved in town sport.

During the 1920s, he was ranked among the top ten men’s singles tennis players in Nova Scotia. In 1923, he lost in the men’s finals to Charles Mercer of Halifax, though the Acadian Recorder noted: “In the third set Dr Eaton, although the older of the two players, seemed to have better staying qualities…”

Eaton regularly figured in late-round tennis matches through the 1920s, both in singles and doubles. In 1929, he was on the ranking committee of the Provincial Tennis Association and was the convenor of the 1929 provincial and Maritime tennis meet. Eaton frequently served as a judge for track and field events held at Acadia, including the interscholastic Acadia Relays of 1932 and refereed swimming meets. He also served on the Wolfville School Board and the Acadia Board of Governors.

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Archive statistics Career1910 - 1924
Tournament wins0
Matches3
Match wins0


Tournaments Nova Scotia Championships - 1924 Nova Scotia Championships - 1923 Nova Scotia Championships - 1910