Walter Stohlberg

Canadian tennis player
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroCanadian tennis player
PlacesCanada
isAthlete Tennis player Soldier Military personnel
Work fieldMilitary Sports
Gender
Male
Death12 August 1977
The details

Biography

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.

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