Jay Gould II | |
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| Born | September 1, 1888 New York City, US |
| Died | January 26, 1935 (aged 46) |
| Alma mater | Columbia College |
| Occupation | Tennis player |
| Spouse | Anne Douglass Graham |
| Children | Jay Gould III |
| Parent(s) | George Jay Gould Edith Kingdon |
| Relatives | Jay Gould (grandfather) |
| Olympic medal record | ||
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| Men's jeu de paume | ||
Representing the  United States
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1908 London | Individual |
Jay Gould II (September 1, 1888 – January 26, 1935) was an American real tennis player and a grandson of the railroad magnate Jay Gould. He was the world champion (1914–1916) and the Olympic gold medalist (London, 1908, then under the name jeu de paume).[1] He held the U.S. Amateur Championship title continuously from 1906 to 1925, winning 18 times (no tournaments were held during the U.S. involvement in World War I).[2] During the same period, he never lost a set to an American amateur, and lost only one singles match, to English champion E.M. Baerlein.[3] The court built for him by his father at the family's Georgian Court estate was restored in 2005. Jay Gould II is the great-great-uncle of US Olympic cyclist Georgia Gould, who qualified to race in the London 2012 Olympiad.
- ^ "Jay Gould". Olympedia. Retrieved March 30, 2021.
- ^ "United States Court Tennis Preservation Foundation, Trivia Corner". Archived from the original on July 18, 2006. Retrieved July 26, 2006.
- ^ Allison Danzig, The Racquet Game (Macmillan 1930), 66.