Jacques 'Toto' Brugnon (May 11, 1895 - March 20, 1978) was a champion tennis player, one of the famous "Four Musketeers" from France who dominated tennis in the late 1920s and early 1930s. He was primarily a doubles specialist who won 10 Grand Slam doubles titles in the French, American, Australian and British championships. He was also a fine singles player but never won a major title. Subject: The Olympic Rings. ... May 11 is the 131st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (132nd in leap years). ... 1895 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... March 20 is the 79th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (80th in Leap years). ... 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... Tennis balls This article is about the sport, tennis. ... The Four Musketeers were four tennis players from France, given their name from the Alexandre Dumas story The Three Musketeers. ... Sometimes referred to as the Jazz Age or primarily in North America as the Roaring Twenties. // Events and trends Technology John T. Thompson invents Thompson submachine gun, also known as Tommy gun John Logie Baird invents the first working television system (1925) Charles Lindbergh becomes the first person to fly... // Events and trends The 1930s were spent struggling for a solution to the global depression. ... Grand Slam is a general sports term applied when achieving something special. ...
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T OTO BRUGNON, French tennis champion, one of the world's greatest doubles players, who formed a part of the "Four Musketeers" (the others were Jean Borotra, Henri Cochet, and René Lacoste) in the 1920s and early '30s.
Brugnon won the French singles championship in 1921, but he was most famous for his supremacy in doubles.
Brugnon's shy manner fit in well with the ebullience of Borotra, and they formed a popular tennis team, playing together until 1939; Brugnon played for the last time at Wimbledon in 1948.
byname Toto Brugnon French tennis champion, one of the world's greatest doubles players, who formed a part of the “ Four Musketeers” (the others were Jean Borotra, Henri Cochet, and René Lacoste) in the 1920s and early '30s.
July 17, 1994, Arbonne), was one of the renowned "Four Musketeers"--Borotra, René Lacoste, JacquesBrugnon, and Henri...
The French composer Jacques Ibert is admired for his colorful, technically polished, and often witty neoclassical style.
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