Gene Mako

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Gene Mako

American tennis player

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Don Budge
…also the men’s doubles (with Gene Mako) and the mixed doubles (with Alice Marble). In the U.S. tournament at Forest Hills, New York, he won four titles: two singles (1937–38) and two men’s doubles (1936 and 1938, with Mako). For his feats in 1937 he became the first tennis player…
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…also the men’s doubles (with Gene Mako) and the mixed doubles (with Alice Marble). In the U.S. tournament at Forest Hills, New York, he won four titles: two singles (1937–38) and two men’s doubles (1936 and 1938, with Mako). For his feats in 1937 he became the first tennis player…
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Barron Hilton
A football pioneer: Helping launch the AFL
…his friend, former tennis star Gene Mako, suggested Hilton, who became the team’s owner. Hilton held a contest to name the team, and Chargers was the name fans selected. Reflecting his passion for flying, Hilton, a pilot, had the idea for the team helmet to feature a lightning bolt. The…
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…his friend, former tennis star Gene Mako, suggested Hilton, who became the team’s owner. Hilton held a contest to name the team, and Chargers was the name fans selected. Reflecting his passion for flying, Hilton, a pilot, had the idea for the team helmet to feature a lightning bolt. The…
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