Henry Ward Dawson

Henry Ward Dawson, Sr. (November 6, 1890 – 1963) was an American doubles tennis champion with Maurice E. McLoughlin. In 1916 they were the number two [seeded American doubles team. That year, they won the Pacific coast double championship and the United States sectional double championship in Chicago, Illinois.

Maurice Evans McLoughlin, Henry Ward Dawson (1890-1963), William Johnston (1894-1946), Clarence Griffin (1888-1973) on August 30, 1916 at the national men's doubles championship.

Biography

He was born in Iowa on November 6, 1890 to John Dawson and Mabel Walker. He was raised in Los Angeles, attended the public school system, and then attended Stanford University. After graduation, he went to work for the Mexican Petroleum Company in Tampico, Mexico.[1] He died in 1963.

Grand Slam finals

Doubles (1 runner-ups)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1916	U.S. National Championships	Grass	Maurice E. McLoughlin	Clarence Griffin Bill Johnston	4–6, 3–6, 7–5, 3–6

References

Bailey Millard (1924). "H. Ward Dawson". The San Francisco Bay Region" by Vol. 3 page 145-146. Published by The. American Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-08-05.

External links

Henry Ward Dawson at Tennis Archives

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[1] Bailey Millard (1924). "H. Ward Dawson". The San Francisco Bay Region" by Vol. 3 page 145-146. Published by The. American Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-08-05.