15 Facts About Karl Behr

Karl Howell Behr was an American tennis player and banker.

Karl Howell Behr was born the son of Herman and Grace Behr of New York City.

Karl Behr was the brother of Max H Behr, the famous golfer.

Karl Behr married Helen Monypeny Newsom on March 1,1913 at the Church of the Transfiguration in New York City.

Karl Behr gave up a career in law, instead turning to banking.

At the time of his death, he was a director of the Interchemical Corporation, the Karl Behr-Manning Corporation of Troy, New York, and the Witherbee Sherman Corporation.

Karl Behr's clubs included the Downtown, University and Yale, and the St Nicholas Society.

Karl Behr was a cousin of fellow tennis player Allen Behr.

Karl Behr was a well known lawn tennis player, playing on the United States Davis Cup team in 1907.

Karl Behr reached the No 3 US ranking in both 1907 and 1914.

However, Karl Behr, who played on the 1907 US Davis Cup, did not play in the 1914 Davis Cup Challenge Round against Australasia at Forest Hills.

Sometime after the ship hit the iceberg, Karl Behr met up with Helen, her mother and stepfather, Richard and Sallie Beckwith; and another couple, Edwin and Gertrude Kimball, on the boat deck.

Karl Behr died of cancer at his home on 15 October 1949, aged 64.

Karl Behr was buried at the Evergreen Cemetery in Morristown, New Jersey.

Karl Behr was posthumously honored by the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1969.