Roy Stanley Emerson is an Australian former number one amateur tennis player who won 12 amateur Grand Slam tournament singles titles and 16 Grand Slam tournament men's doubles titles. He is the only male player to have completed an amateur Career Grand Slam in both singles and doubles. His 28 Major titles are an all-time record for a male amateur player. Roy Emerson is the first male player to win each amateur Major title at least twice in his career. In the history of tennis, only Margaret Court achieved this feat before him. He is one of only seven men to win all four Majors in his career. Laver, Agassi, Federer and Nadal did it in the "open" era. He was the first male player to win 12 Majors, though all his majors were won as an amateur, when most of the world's best players were in the pros. His 12 wins were surpassed by Pete Sampras, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, all of whom won their titles in the open era. Emerson is only one of five tennis players all-time to win multiple slam sets in two disciplines, only matched by Margaret Court, Martina Navratilova, Frank Sedgman and Serena Williams. [More at Wikipedia]

November 3rd, 1936 in Blackbutt (Age 87)