Walter Stohlberg
Canadian tennis player
Intro | Canadian tennis player | |
Places | Canada | |
is | Athlete Tennis player Soldier Military personnel | |
Work field | Military Sports | |
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Death | 12 August 1977 |
Walter Arthur Stohlberg was a Canadian tennis player of the 1940s and 1950s.
Stohlberg, a graduate of Kitsilano High School in Vancouver, served as a Bombardier with the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II. He became a German prisoner of war in 1944 and was held at Stalag Luft III.
Post war, Stohlberg was a Canadian Davis Cup representative twice, featuring in ties against Mexico in 1948 and Australia in 1949. He was a doubles runner-up at the 1949 Canadian Championships, with Lorne Main. In 1952 he had to retire from amateur tennis in order to accept a paid coaching position.