November 8, 1976: the day the first German tennis legend, Gottfried von Cramm, died in a car crash at the age of 76
Every day Tennis Majors takes you back in time to celebrate a great moment in tennis history. Today, we go back to 1976 to pay a tribute to Gottfried von Cramm, one of the most iconic players of the gentlemen’s era, a German player whose career and life were brutally marked by the Nazi government.
Alexandre Sokolowski
November 8, 2024
