Robert Falkenburg was an American amateur tennis player and entrepreneur.
22 Facts About Bob Falkenburg
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Bob Falkenburg is best known for winning the Men's Singles at the 1948 Wimbledon Championships and for introducing soft ice cream and American fast food to Brazil in 1952.
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Bob Falkenburg was born in New York City on January 29,1926, and grew up in Los Angeles, California, in a tennis-playing family.
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Bob Falkenburg started to play tennis in 1936 when he was 10 years old.
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Bob Falkenburg played at the Bel-Air Country Club where he won the junior tennis tournament in 1937.
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In 1942 and 1943 while attending Fairfax High School, Bob Falkenburg won the National Interscholastic singles title and won the national doubles title with his brother, Tom.
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In 1943, Bob Falkenburg became the Los Angeles city singles title holder.
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In 1943 Bob Falkenburg became one of the youngest players to enter the US Top 10 amateur ranks.
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Bob Falkenburg remained in the US top 10 for five years and was ranked as World No 7 by sports journalist John Olliff of The Daily Telegraph.
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Bob Falkenburg won the men's singles in the Ojai Tennis Tournament in 1950.
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From 1944 to 1945, during World War II, Bob Falkenburg served in the military as an air cadet.
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Bob Falkenburg teamed again with his brother Tom to win the NCAA doubles final.
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Bob Falkenburg won the acclaimed tennis crown against Australian John Bromwich.
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Bob Falkenburg won Wimbledon because he was not only a great tennis player, but a superb strategist.
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Bob Falkenburg has been inducted into numerous Halls of Fame, including the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1974, the Intercollegiate Tennis Hall of Fame in 1985, the Fairfax High School Hall of Fame in 1999, the USC.
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Bob Falkenburg turned it down and instead opened an ice cream and fast food business in Brazil.
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The restaurant, named Bob Falkenburg's, was the first fast food restaurant in South America.
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Bob Falkenburg's menu includes traditional American food such as hamburgers, hot dogs, milkshakes and sundaes.
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Bob Falkenburg played in many international golf championships and won the Brazilian amateur championship three times.
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Bob Falkenburg took part in golf tournaments including the Bob Hope Desert Classic, where his team won in 1967; the Bing Crosby Pro-Am in Pebble Beach, California, where he played several times; the Eisenhower Cup, where he played for Brazil in Rome in 1964, Mexico City in 1966 and Melbourne in 1968; and in the United Kingdom at the British Amateur Golf Championship, where he led the American contingent on the first qualifying round after having a hole-in-one at Carnoustie.
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Bob Falkenburg participated as an amateur in various European golf championships in France, Spain, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium and several Scandinavian countries.
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Bob Falkenburg died in Santa Ynez on January 6,2022, at the age of 95.