Gardnar Putnam "Gar" Mulloy was a US No 1 tennis player primarily known for playing in doubles matches with partner Billy Talbert.
18 Facts About Gardnar Mulloy
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Gardnar Mulloy was born in Washington, DC and turned 100 in November 2013.
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Gardnar Mulloy was inducted into the University of Miami Sports Hall of Fame in 1967 as part of its inaugural class of inductees.
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Gardnar Mulloy reached the US Championships men's singles final in 1952, losing to second-seeded Frank Sedgman in three straight sets.
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Gardnar Mulloy reached the US No 1 ranking the same year and was ranked world No 6 by Harry Hopman in 1947 and world No 7 by American Lawn Tennis Magazine in 1949.
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Gardnar Mulloy won the Wimbledon doubles with Budge Patty in 1957, at age 43.
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Gardnar Mulloy, who served as the commanding officer of USS LST-32 during World War II in the Mediterranean Theater, was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island, in 1972.
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In 2015 Gardnar Mulloy was awarded a French Legion of Honor knighthood for his service in the US Navy in relation to operations in Italy and Provence.
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Gardnar Mulloy was a 1936 graduate of the University of Miami, and tennis coach at the school.
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Gardnar Mulloy was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity.
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Gardnar Mulloy recruited to Miami and played doubles with George Toley, who went on to win 10 NCAA team titles at the University of Southern California.
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Gardnar Mulloy played the senior circuit around the world into his nineties, and established the Mulloy Cup for international competition between men tennis players 80 years of age and over.
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Gardnar Mulloy won over 127 national championships and 25 international titles in 75 years of playing competitive tennis.
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In 1938, Mulloy married Madeleine L Cheney, with whom he had two daughters, Diane Mulloy Mazzone and Janice Mulloy Poindexter.
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Gardnar Mulloy married his second wife, Jacqueline Mayer, in 2008, when he was 95 years old.
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Gardnar Mulloy was a vegetarian and avoided alcohol, coffee, sugary drinks and tea.
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Gardnar Mulloy died in Miami on November 14,2016, from stroke complications, aged 102, survived by his second wife, his daughters, four grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren.
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Gardnar Mulloy wrote an autobiography, The Will To Win, that was published in 1960.