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John Van Norden, FMTC President, 1937-1938

John Van Norden, FMTC President, 1937-1938

Courts at Knickerbocker Country Club, Tenafly, NJ

Courts at Knickerbocker Country Club, Tenafly, NJ

1959 Women's Nationals - Ruth Walker (left) and Barbara Koegel battle in the final. Ruth Walker was Blanchard's daughter who was married to Fred Walker (HOF 1966)

1959 Women's Nationals - Ruth Walker (left) and Barbara Koegel...

1965 Men's Nationals - From left: Muth & Latour and Hebard & Carver

1965 Men's Nationals - From left: Muth & Latour and Hebard & C...

Evergreen screening by Walter Close

Evergreen screening by Walter Close

The final of the PRO- Keds Classic outside the Burlington House in Manhattan. Herb Fitz Gibbon and Hank Irvine (foreground), Chum Steele and Keith Jennings. The match was won by Fitz Gibbon & Irvine.

The final of the PRO- Keds Classic outside the Burlington Hous...

Player profile of Gordon Gray from the Tribuno Media Guide

Senior Nationals Champions 1978: Bob Brown and George Reynolds

Senior Nationals Champions 1978: Bob Brown and George Reynolds

The FMTC Tournament Committee for the 1978 Men's Nationals and paddles Golden Anniversary. Standing: Jim Naughton, Thornton Gerrish, Jim Morison, Phil Thorp, Hugh King, Paul Doyle, Fred Molloy, Rod Zilenziger, Bette and Hank Otto. Seated: Gil Erskine, Gay Morison, John Keane, Joan Doyle, Roxanne Zilenziger, Bibs Reville, Dotsie Erskine, Ginny Naughton.

The FMTC Tournament Committee for the 1978 Men's Nationals and...

The 1994 Women’s Nationals (from left): Connie Jones and Cindy Prendergast (finalists), Nancy Mangan, Bob Brown, Brian Zevnik, Jo Rogers, Gerri Viant and Sue Aery (winners), John Miller, Roger Lankenau, and Sally Rogers

The 1994 Women’s Nationals (from left): Connie Jones and Cin...

Flip Goodspeed (in front) and Scott Mansager in the 2007 Nationals at the New York Athletic Club in Pelham Manor, NY

Flip Goodspeed (in front) and Scott Mansager in the 2007 Natio...

As a way to bring platform tennis to wider audiences, several tournaments were held indoors in Connecticut in the early 1980s, including the Nationals in 1983

As a way to bring platform tennis to wider audiences, several ...

As a way to bring platform tennis to wider audiences, several tournaments were held indoors in Connecticut in the early 1980s, including the Nationals in 1983

As a way to bring platform tennis to wider audiences, several ...

Ladies in cumbersome ankle-length skirts and their bearded gentlemen friends on the courts of the Scarsdale Lawn Tennis Club in the 1890s

Ladies in cumbersome ankle-length skirts and their bearded gen...

Theodore C. Jessup, President 1921

Theodore C. Jessup, President 1921

The Blanchard Box. A favorite viewing spot at FMTC

The Blanchard Box. A favorite viewing spot at FMTC