Roberta Alison Baumgardner was born on December 13,1943, Alexander City, Alabama – died March 20,2009, Alexander City, Alabama and was an American tennis player.
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10 Facts About Roberta Alison
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Roberta Alison helped pave the way for women's varsity athletics when she joined the men's tennis team at the University of Alabama in 1963, aged 19.
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Roberta Alison convinced her to attend Alabama and play on the men's tennis team.
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Roberta Alison was in the No 4 position her first year but played in either the No 1 or No 2 position in her second and third years.
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Roberta Alison was a four-time Blue Gray champion, and a three-time Southern tournament champion.
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Roberta Alison was a member of the Southern Lawn Tennis Hall of Fame, the Southern Tennis Hall of Fame, and was in the first class enshrined into the University of Alabama's Tennis Hall of Fame.
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Roberta Alison won the Southern Tennis Championship numerous times both as a junior and in the Women's Division.
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Roberta Alison was a member of the USA's Junior Wightman Cup Team.
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Roberta Alison Baumgardner spent her life in her native Alabama, where she died on March 20,2009, aged 65, from injuries she sustained in a fire at her home a week earlier.
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