Lorenzo Nodarse
| Country (sports) |  Cuba | ||||||||||||||
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| Born | 1 April 1909 Havana, Cuba | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 20 May 1994 (aged 85) Texas City, Texas, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
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Lorenzo Nodarse (1 April 1909 – 20 May 1994) was a Cuban tennis player.[1]
Born in Havana, Nodarse featured in four Davis Cup ties for Cuba during the 1930s and was a three-time silver medalist at the Central American and Caribbean Games.[2][3]
Nodarse, a trained lawyer, served as a Davis Cup referee and Cuban sports commissioner in his career post-tennis.[4] He left communist Cuba for the United States, settling in Texas City.[5]
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References[edit]
- ^ "Ex-Champ., Tennis Referee". Brisbane Telegraph. Queensland, Australia. 15 July 1948. p. 11 (LAST RACE). Retrieved 13 December 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Player profile". www.itftennis.com.
- ^ "Cuban Netters". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 6 November 1939.
- ^ Guzzardi, Joe (March 30, 2014). "Playing ball in Cuba". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
- ^ "Freedom fighter is home at last". Texas City Sun. 23 May 1994.
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Categories:
- 1909 births
- 1994 deaths
- Cuban male tennis players
- Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in tennis
- Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Cuba
- Competitors at the 1935 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Competitors at the 1938 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Competitors at the 1950 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Sportspeople from Havana
- Cuban emigrants to the United States
- 20th-century Cuban people