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Dec 09 2015

A.W. “Buck” Archer, North Carolina, 1993

A.W. “Buck” Archer, North Carolina, inducted in 1993Buck Archer

  • Started playing tennis when he was 8 and continued through high school, prep school and while attending Davidson College
  • Following college he returned to Shelby, N. C. where he was the volunteer coach of the Shelby High School tennis team and the Cleveland County Country Club team
  • Played on two championship United States Austria Cup teams, an international team competition for 55-and-over men
  • Captain of the United States Osuna Cup team for 45-and-over men from 1987 to 1991, leading the American team to victory over Mexico four of the five years
  • Won two National Clay Court Championships
  • Won 11 national doubles titles
  • Inducted into the North Carolina Tennis Hall of Fame in 1977

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