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The greatest tennis player who ever lived has no monument to his achievements—because in addition to transforming the game during the 1920s and ‘30s, Bill Tilden also spent a lot of time being caught with underage boys. And with the one-two punch of homosexuality and penchant for minors, his reputation circled down the drain, even as people still clamor for his reinstatement. But finally—a sexual predator even Jerry Giesler wouldn’t defend!
By Kasey Howe & Mark Peikert4.1
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The greatest tennis player who ever lived has no monument to his achievements—because in addition to transforming the game during the 1920s and ‘30s, Bill Tilden also spent a lot of time being caught with underage boys. And with the one-two punch of homosexuality and penchant for minors, his reputation circled down the drain, even as people still clamor for his reinstatement. But finally—a sexual predator even Jerry Giesler wouldn’t defend!

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