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Country (sports)
  
United States

Name
  
Gregory Mangin

Highest ranking
  
5

Wimbledon
  
QF (1931, 1932)

Education
  
Georgetown University

Wimbledon
  
QF (1930)

Died
  
October 1978

French Open
  
QF (1933)

Role
  
Tennis Player


Gregory Mangin Gregory Mangin beats Francis X Shields US Indoor Tennis Championship

Born
  
November 1, 1907 Newark, New Jersey (
1907-11-01
)

Plays
  
Right-handed (one-handed backhand)

US Open
  
QF (1928, 1930, 1933, 1935, 1936)

Gregory mangin top 8 facts


Gregory S. Mangin (November 1, 1907 - October 1979) was an American former tennis player.

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Mangin was educated at the Georgetown University and learnt lawn tennis in Montclair, New Jersey.

In 1931 Mangin, partnering compatriot Berkeley Bell, were runners-up in the doubles final of the U.S. National Championships, played in Brookline, MA, losing in straight sets to compatriots John Van Ryn and Wilmer Allison.

He won the singles title at the U.S. Indoor Championships, played at the Seventh Regiment Armory in New York, in 1932, 1933, 1935 and 1936.

He was a member of the US Davis Cup teams in 1930 and 1931 but did not play any matches.

During WWII Mangin enlisted in the United States Army Air Forces (AAF). He became a tail gunner on the B-17 Flying Fortress and flew 50 missions over Europe. He was wounded twice in missions over Italy and France and shot down two ME-109s in a mission over Germany. Reaching the rank of staff sergeant he received the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC), the Air Medal with six clusters and a Purple Heart with one cluster.

Allison and john van ryn win the us open men s double against gregory mangin and hd stock footage


References

Gregory Mangin Wikipedia


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