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TENNIS PLAYER

Frank Shields

1909 - 1975

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Francis Xavier Alexander Shields Sr. (November 18, 1909 – August 19, 1975) was an American amateur tennis player of the 1920s and 1930s, and an actor known for Hoosier Schoolboy (1937). He was ranked world No. 2 in 1931, and U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frank Shields has received more than 227,841 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Frank Shields is the 185th most popular tennis player (up from 195th in 2019), the 7,125th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,163rd in 2019) and the 39th most popular American Tennis Player.

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  • 17

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  • 2.79

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS

Among tennis players, Frank Shields ranks 185 out of 1,148Before him are Lena Rice, Ethel Thomson Larcombe, Mirka Federer, Jadwiga Jędrzejowska, Ken McGregor, and Fernando Verdasco. After him are Karel Koželuh, Ana Ivanovic, Feliciano López, Manuel Alonso Areizaga, James Dwight, and Kevin Curren.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Frank Shields ranks 272Before him are Vasco Bergamaschi, André Vandewyer, Alex Raymond, Leo Sexton, Patricia Hayes, and Jaú. After him are Adam Rapacki, Sergey Gritsevets, Michael Rennie, Wilhelmina von Bremen, Margaret Mee, and Reinhold Münzenberg. Among people deceased in 1975, Frank Shields ranks 198Before him are Charles Reidpath, Niginho, Carl Silfverstrand, Morgan Taylor, Pyotr Novikov, and László Németh. After him are Ali Sastroamidjojo, Glenn Hardin, Inga Tidblad, Åge Lundström, James Robertson Justice, and Roberto Cortés.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Frank Shields ranks 7,125 out of 18,182Before him are Karin Slaughter (1971), James Gunn (1938), Elisha Cook Jr. (1903), George Adams (1940), Bobby Vee (1943), and Kagney Linn Karter (1987). After him are Alvin Langdon Coburn (1882), Mary Ellen Trainor (1952), Hayden Panettiere (1989), Bob Barker (1923), Gil Gerard (1943), and Constance Towers (1933).

Among TENNIS PLAYERS In United States

Among tennis players born in United States, Frank Shields ranks 39Before him are Althea Gibson (1927), Andy Roddick (1982), William Larned (1872), Jennifer Capriati (1976), Louise Brough (1923), and Bill Johnston (1894). After him are Mary Browne (1891), Art Larsen (1925), Dorothy Cheney (1916), Tony Trabert (1930), Oliver Campbell (1871), and Don McNeill (1918).