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Don McNeill from Chickasha
coming back from two sets down to
defeat Bobby Riggs
7-5 in the fifth set in the finals of the 1940 U.S. Open.
Don also won the 1939 French Open Singles and Doubles.
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Tom McSpadden (middle) and
Bobby Riggs (right)
1942, Hawaii
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1934 picture of Ray, Tom, and Vance McSpadden
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Jack Kisner playing in the 1940
Arkansas City Invitational Tennis Tournament
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Billy Buckley winning both the
Adult and Junior Texas Sectional in 1959
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Central High School Tennis Team
- 1960
Muskogee, Oklahoma
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Phil Carter - Francis Baxter
8-26-1961
Oklahoma Closed Tennis Tournament
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Ponca City East Junior High School Tennis Team - 1962
Back row coaches L-R: Wally Smith, Steve Larimer
Middle row L-R: Bill Meek, Robin Riley, Jimmy Hill, Bill
Cramer, Phil Landauer
Front row L-R: Lee Armstrong, Bruce Barger, Daryl Hess
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Harding High School Tennis Team - 1962
Back row L-R: Doug Handel, Clark Musser, David Longmire, Rod
Palmer, Bill Vernon
Front row L-R: Ralph Redwine, Tom Hilborne, Jerry Guffey,
Jens Drolshammer, Rusty Franklin
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Sheryl Barger, top seed in Girls 16s
Oklahoma State Closed Tennis Tournament, 8-22-1962
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L-R: Sandy Barger, Pat Mehring, Jimmy Hill,
Sheryl Barger, Bruce Barger, Becky McNeese, Bill Meek
1963 Ponca City Open
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L-R: John Hampton, Dickie
Smith, Jimmy Hill
Ponca City State Junior Champions: 1962-1964
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Top Picture - Ponca City
East Junior High School Tennis Team
L-R: Wally Smith, Steve Skidmore, Bill Meek, Buddy
Robertson,
Robin Riley, Dickie Smith, Terry Snow, Jim Hill, Bill
Cramer, Steve Larimer
Bottom Picture - Ponca
City High School Tennis Team
L-R: Mike McNeese, Charles Meek, Rodney Bucker,
Wally Smith, John Hampton, Kennis Smith, Bill Ashbaugh
1964
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Northwest Classen High School
Tennis Team - 1964
Roger Dabney, Joe Walcher,
Coach David Hoke, Richard Perry, Jim Cobb
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Southeastern State University Tennis Team - 1964
Curtis Richmond, Ike Groce, Steve Roemer
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Ray Morris, Francis Baxter,
Ellen Scheer 12-3-1964
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Debbie Boring, Francis Baxter,
and Lynn Davis
Oklahoma Open Tennis Tournament 6-2-1965
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L-R: Randy Matthews, Andy Martin, Maureen Quinn, Lynn
Davis
Tulsa Open Tennis Tournament 6-15-1965
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Jimmy Hill, far court, playing
Daryl Hess
16 and Under, 1965 Ponca City Open
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Paul Lockwood, second from
left, wins the
National 12-under doubles title - July, 1965
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Mayor Shirk signing proclamation marking this "Oklahoma City
Sports Week"
L-R Leon Penn, Treasurer of the All Sports Association;
Stanley Morris;
Mike Allison, Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce Sports;
Debbie Moss; Francis Baxter 8-8-1965
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Paul Lockwood ranked
Nationally # 1 in
12 Doubles and # 4 in 12 Singles - 1965
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1966 Seminole High School
Invitational
Francis Baxter, Bob Williams, Dewey
Allen, Gene Land, Wally Smith
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Harding High School Tennis Team - 1966
L-R: Francis Baxter, Jim Thompson, Steve
Boudreau,
Drew Moore, Blaine McCown, Bill Gonso, Brian Mitchell
![](1966%20Ponca%20City%20HS%20team.jpg)
Ponca City High School Tennis
Team - 1966
L-R: Jim Hill, Dickie Smith, John Hampton, Wally Smith,
Terry Snow, Rod Bucker, Chuck Meek
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The University of Oklahoma
Tennis Team - 1966
L-R:
Mike McSpadden, Vance McSpadden,
Steve Stockton, Hal McCoy, Jim Cobb, Dick Gilkey, Coach Jerry Keen
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Oklahoma City University Tennis Team - 1966
L-R: Gerald Schlief, David Dinelle, Roger Dabney, Jim
Merrick,
Richard M. Perry, Joe Walcher, John Aitken, Jim Henson, Eddie
Blackmon
![](../Members/Kathy%20Kraft%20West%203B.jpg)
L-R: Molly Hannas, Kathy
Kraft, Patsy Rippy, Susan Kraft, Lisa Barry, Debbie
Strickland, - 1966
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Paul Lockwood, Doug Bromley,
and Jodie Davis win the Tulsa Jaycee Tennis Tournament -
1966
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18 and under National
Championships - 1966
Patsy Rippy is 2nd from the right on the front row
13 year old Kathy Kraft is fourth from the left on the
fourth row
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L-R: Paul Lockwood,
Janet Thomas, Buz Walters (top),
Lisa Barry (bottom), Susan Kraft, Kathy Kraft - 1966
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Harding High School Tennis Team - 1967
L-R: Francis Baxter, John Holt, Blaine McCown,
Frank Thompson, Chris Walker, Steve Boudreau, Brian Mitchell
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1967 Sugar Bowl
Janet Thomas is third from left
Janet Thomas wins the 14 Singles and Doubles
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1967 Sugar Bowl
Janet Thomas wins the Sportsmanship Award
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L-R: Janet Thomas,
coach Don Holden, Kathy Kraft - 1967
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Paul Lockwood National
ranking - 1967
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L-R: Billie Jean King,
Lisa Barry, Janet Thomas, Kathy Kraft, Susan Kraft - 1967
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L-R: Kathy Kraft, Susan
Kraft, Lisa Barry, Janet Thomas
Sugar Bowl - 1967
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Oklahoma City University Tennis Team - 1968
Back Row L-R: Richard M. Perry, Jim Hill, Coach Ray O'Keefe, Jim
Merrick, Colin Robertson
Front Row L-R: Roger Dabney, Brian Wilkerson, John Burkman,
Karl Coombs
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Missouri Valley Intersectional Team - 1968
Janet Thomas is 3rd person from the left
Beverly Barger is 4th person from the left
Kathy Kraft is on the far right
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12 and 14 National
Championships - 1968
Lisa Barry is on the right
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12 and 14 National Championships - 1968
Janet Thomas is on the second row on the right
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12 and 14 National Championships - 1968
Susan Kraft is the second from the left
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Oral Roberts University Tennis Team - 1968
L-R: Ian Baudinet, Pekka Saila, Oral Roberts, Bernis
Duke, Peter Van Lingen, Jose Brandi
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18 and under National
Championships - 1968
Janet Thomas is on the back row, far right
Chris Evert is next to Janet Thomas
Kathy Kraft is in the third row, third person from the left
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Francis Baxter and the Missouri
Valley Leadership 10-8-1968
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Oklahoma City University Tennis Team - 1969
Back Row L-R: Jim Hill, Lindsay Straney, Colin
Robertson, Karl Coombes
Front Row L-R: Arturo Rojas, Brian Wilkerson, John
Burkman
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Missouri Valley Intersectional Team - 1969
Beverly Barger is on the far left of the front row
Janet Thomas is on the far right of the front row
Kathy Kraft is on the far right of the back row
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16 and under National
Championships - 1969
Chris Evert is third row up, fourth from left
Janet Thomas is second row up, second from left
Susan Kraft is second row up, sixth from left
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Francis Baxter - Andy Rheinberger
Oklahoma Closed Tennis Tournament 8-24-1969
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18 and under National Championships - 1969
Chris Evert is on the front row, 3rd from the right
Kathy Kraft is on the front row, 4th from the right
Janet Thomas is on the third row, 3rd from the right
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Paul Lockwood National
ranking - 1969
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Rosemary Casals, Beverly
Barger, Billie Jean King - 1970
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Oral Roberts University Tennis
Team - 1970
Back Row L-R: Evan Phillips, Mario Pakozdi, Peter Van Lingen,
Bernis Duke
Front Row L-R: Kiyoshi Tanabe, Josef Solc, Eric Ulleberg
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John Marshall High School Tennis Team - 1970
Back Row L-R: Francis Baxter, Bill Brown, Lew Allman, Tra Pippin,
Doug Howard, Jay Shanker
Middle Row L-R: Pat Kempf, Peter Binstock, Tim Sprague, Bob
Howard
Front Row L-R: Dan Stroud, Don Houchin, Mark Shanker, Bill
Thetford, Marty Feldman
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John Marshall High School Girls Tennis Team - 1970
Back Row L-R: Mary Endres, Kathy Carter, Barbie Bagwell, Mary
Kemp
Front Row L-R: Debbie West, Kathy McGuire, Pam Fleming, Jan
Heller
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Southeastern Oklahoma State
University Tennis Team - 1970
L-R: Larry
Horn, Mark Milligan, Dwight Nuckolls, Clarence Dyer, David
Bryant, Phil Carter, Kim Ketelson
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Paul Lockwood playing the Tulsa Tribune Tennis Tournament -
1970
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16 and under National
Championships - 1970
Chris Evert is third row up, eighth from left
Janet Thomas is fifth row up, eighth from left
Susan Kraft is fifth row up, sixth from left
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1970 Southern Championships
Janet Thomas is on the far left
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L-R: Kathy Kraft, Janet
Thomas, Susan Kraft,
Ted Daniel, Coach Bill Austin, Paul Lockwood - 1970
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18 and under National
Championships - 1970
Janet Thomas is on the back row, sixth person from the left
Kathy Kraft is on the third row, 18th person from the left
Chris Evert is on the front row, sixth person from the left
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John Marshall High School
Tennis Team - 1971
Back Row L-R: Jay Shanker, Tra Pippin, Doug Howard, Bob Howard
Front Row L-R: Don Houchin, Tim Sullivant, Peter Binstock, Tim
Sprague
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1971 Junior Wightman Cup
Squad
Kathy Kraft is the fourth person from the right
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Paul Lockwood winning the
Missouri Valley Sectional 18s - 1971
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18 and under National
Championships - 1971
Janet Thomas is on second row, last person on the right
Chris Evert is on the front row, 13th person from the left
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Missouri Valley Intersectional Team - 1972
Janet Thomas is the far right person
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18 and under National
Championships - 1972
Janet Thomas is on second row, tenth person to the right
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Central State University Tennis Team - 1973
L-R: Rich Fleet, Steve Tipton, Stan Wheeler, Bill
Nelson, Marcus Kobe, Francis Baxter
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1973 Executive Committee of the
United States Lawn Tennis Association (USLTA),
now called the United States Tennis Association (USTA).
Francis Baxter in center of third row up.
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1973 Junior Wightman Cup Squad
Janet Thomas is 2nd from right on the front row
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1974 Executive Committee of the
United States Lawn Tennis Association (USLTA),
now called the United States Tennis Association (USTA).
Francis Baxter in back row,
third from right.
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L-R: Leonard
Scott, Bill Nelson, Dick Peters, Kip Walls
Oklahoma Open Tennis Tournament 5-29-1975
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Francis Baxter directing the
1976 Sooner State
Open Tennis Tournament at Ada, Oklahoma
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Central State University tennis
team - 1976
Back Row L-R: Gerald White, Marcus Jobe, Jake Jones, Francis
Baxter
Front Row L-R: Kirk Waite, Dick Villaflor, Dee Brown
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Paul Lockwood - Bjorn Borg playing doubles - 1977
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Central State University
tennis team - 1977
Front Row L-R: Larth Keinzle, Charlie Bible, Mike Heppler, Rick
McClain
Back Row L-R: Mike Fernandez, Jake Jones, Francis Baxter, Dee
Brown, Philip Steward
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1978 Boys Intersectional Team
L-R: Garth Haynes, Rick Cowden, Francis Baxter, Paul
Batten, Martin Davis
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1979 College High School boys tennis team.
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Tim Leos - 1979
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Central State University District Champion tennis team - 1979
L-R: David Moore, Scott Schropp, Raymon Docadou,
Lonnie Phillips, Rod Cabato, Keith Williams, Francis Baxter
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Tim Leos in Cascia Hall High School - 1984
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Nick Bollettieri, Tim Leos,
and Tennessee tennis coach Mike DePalmer - 1985
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Francis Baxter and Kerryn Whittaker, Aussie All-American
5-31-1987
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Francis Baxter receiving the new Volunteer Award
from the United States Tennis Association - April,
1988
![](Francis%20Baxter%20-%20Olympic%20Festival.jpg)
Francis Baxter - 1989 Olympic Festival Tennis Coordinator
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Billie Jean King - Curtis
Richmond, Florida - 1992
![](../Members/David%20Bryant%207AA.jpg)
L-R: Fred Shuey, Peter Bronson, Jimmy Parker, David
Bryant
August, 1996: David Bryant and Jimmy Parker win the
National 50 Grass Courts
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Jenks High School Boys State
Championship team - 1996
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David Bryant and Doug Rodwell ranked # 1 nationally in Men's 35 Doubles
in 1997
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1999 East All-State Team
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Dick Gilkey,
Dewey Allen
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Francis
Baxter, Dewey Allen
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Keith
Marshall
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Bill
Nelson, Dewey Allen, Kenny Nelson
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Jenks High School Boys State Championship team - 2000
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L-R: Dick Gilkey, David Bryant,
Patsy Rippy-Bond, Gend Land - December, 2000
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Phillip and Bob Holland with
the 2004 State Championship trophy
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Richard Perry - Pancho Segura, 2007 U.S. Open
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Jim Merrick, Tony Trabert, Richard Perry, 2007 U.S. Open
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2010 - Reunion of All-American Players
L-R: James Wadley, Southeastern; David Bryant,
Southeastern; Steve Prosser, Southeastern;
Jerry Hirst, East Texas; Curtis Richmond, Southeastern;
Wayne Hirst, East Texas;
Front Row: Steve Roemer, Southeastern
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Richard Perry - Boris Becker, 2010 U.S. Open
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Richard Perry - Tracy Austin, 2010 U.S. Open
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Richard Perry - Vic Seixas, 2010 U.S. Open
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Richard Perry - Virginia Wade, 2010 U.S. Open
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Kevin Nebergall, Bud Collins, Richard Perry, 2010 Wimbledon
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Richard Perry - Todd Martin, 2014 U.S. Open
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