Robert R. Kingsbury, a preview of things to come

Bob Kingsbury (right) and John Mangan at Fox Meadow in 1975
Bob Kingsbury (right) and John Mangan at Fox Meadow in 1975
Bob and Clare Kingsbury Bob and Clare Kingsbury, early 1980s

The first time Bob Kingsbury’s paddle abilities came to public attention was in 1955, when a newspaper article noted that Oliver Durrell and his son Bill had defeated Oliver Kingsbury and his son Bob in a Club tournament.

Bob was a multiple winner of Club tennis and platform tennis tournaments (see Kingsbury, as well as a two-time national champion in platform tennis. He served as APTA President from 1978-1980 and was inducted into the Platform Tennis Hall of Fame in 2003.

Source: Adapted from Diana Reische, Fox Meadow Tennis Club – The First Hundred Years, 1983