50 years ago - Arthur Ashe Wins Wimbledon

05.07.1975 - Arthur Ashe, right, shakes hands with his opponent, last year's champion Jimmy Connors, after defeating him in the final match of the men's singles championship at Wimbledon, Engla...
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21.09.1999 - Arthur Ashe wins Wimbledon 1975
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05.07.1975 - Arthur Ashe of Richmond, Va., the new men's singles champion, holds the trophy aloft after defeating former title holder Jimmy Connors in the all-England Lawn Tennis Championships...
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05.07.1975 - Arthur Ashe of Richmond, Va., the first black tennis player to win the men's singles title at Wimbledon, takes the dance floor with his friend Pam Ewer at the British Lawn Tennis A...
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05.07.1975 - Arthur Ashe of Richmond, Va., the new men's singles champion, holds the trophy aloft after defeating former title holder Jimmy Connors in the all-England Lawn Tennis Championships...
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05.07.1975 - Arthur Ashe of Richmond, Va., the first black tennis player to win the men's singles title at Wimbledon, takes the dance floor with Billie Jean King of San Mateo, Calif., the women...
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26.08.1975 - Wimbledon tennis champion Arthur Ashe of the U.S. admiringly looks over the Dewar Cup presented to him in New York for his "outstanding contribution to tennis," Aug. 26, 1975. (A...
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05.07.1975 - Arthur Ashe at Wimbledon 1975
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05.07.1975 - Arthur Ashe holds his Wimbledon trophy cup after defeating fellow American Jimmy Connors in the final match of the men's singles championship at the All England Lawn Tennis Champio...
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05.07.1975 - 5/7/1975 Wimbledon Tennis Championships. Arthur Ashe. Photo: Gerry Cranham / Offside.
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05.07.1975 - Arthur Ashe, right, shakes hands with his opponent, last year's champion Jimmy Connors, after defeating him in the final match of the men's singles championship at Wimbledon, Engla...
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05.02.2020 - Arthur Ashe of the USA. Won Wimbledon in 1975.
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05.07.1975 - Arthur Ashe in play on the Center Court on July 5, 1975, at Wimbledon against fellow American Jimmy Connors, the defending champion, in the men's singles final in England. (AP Phot...
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05.07.1975 - Arthur Ashe of Richmond, Virginia, the first Black tennis player to win the men's singles title at Wimbledon, makes a backhand return when beating Jimmy Connors, of Belleville, Ill...
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05.07.1975 - Arthur Ashe in play on the Center Court on July 5, 1975, at Wimbledon against fellow American Jimmy Connors, the defending champion, in the men's singles final in England. (AP Phot...
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05.07.1975 - American tennis star Arthur Ashe relaxes in the lounge of his London hotel, July 5, 1975. Ashe will play against fellow American and titleholder Jimmy Connors in the final of the m...
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02.07.1975 - Tennis star Arthur Ashe of Richmond, Va., returns the ball to Bjorn Borg of Sweden in the Wimbledon lawn tennis championships, July 2, 1975. Ashe won 2-6, 6-4, 8-6, 6-1. (AP Photo...
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03.07.1975 - 3/7/1975 Wimbledon Tennis Championships. Arthur Ashe serves in the late afternoon sunshine of centre court. Photo: Gerry Cranham / Offside.
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10.07.1975 - Arthur Ashe, left, Wimbledon tennis champ, is presented a surprise birthday cake in New York on his 32nd birthday, July 10, 1975, by William G. Reynolds Jr., right, assistant to bo...
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03.07.1975 - 3/7/1975 Wimbledon Tennis Championships. Arthur Ashe prepares for a smash. Photo: Gerry Cranham / Offside.
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