Walter Stohlberg
Full nameWalter Arthur Stohlberg
Country (sports) Canada
DiedAugust 12, 1977 (aged 54)[1]
PlaysRight-handed
Singles
Career record0–1 (Davis Cup)
Doubles
Career record0–1 (Davis Cup)

Walter Arthur Stohlberg was a Canadian tennis player of the 1940s and 1950s.[2]

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.[3]

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.[4]

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References

  1. "Vancouver". Times Colonist. August 13, 1977.
  2. "Tennis Star's Injuries Serious". The Vancouver Sun. October 17, 1947.
  3. "Coast DFC Flier, Missing, Now Safe". The Vancouver Sun. December 2, 1944.
  4. "Stohlberg To Coach". The Baltimore Sun. September 4, 1952.
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