Badminton player
Donald Hume | |
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Personal information | |
Country | England |
Born | (1907-09-06)6 September 1907 |
Died | May 1986(1986-05-00) (aged 78) |
Medal record |
Donald Charles Hume (6 September 1907 – 1986) was a male badminton player from England.
Badminton career
Hume won the All England Open Badminton Championships, considered the unofficial World Badminton Championships, in men's singles in 1930. He also won the Men's Doubles with Raymond M. White for four consecutive years from 1932 to 1935 and the mixed doubles with Betty Uber from 1933 to 1936.
He was part of the English touring team that visited Canada during 1930. A match was held at the Granite Club in Toronto which England won 7-2.
References
- "Badminton : An Illustrated History - From ancient pastime to Olympic sport".
- "UK, Outward Passenger Lists, Liverpool 1930 November". Ancestry UK.
- John Arlott (Ed.): The Oxford companion to sports & games. Oxford University Press, London 1975
- All England champions 1899-2007
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