Buster Mottram
Christopher ("Buster") Mottram (born 25 April 1955 in Kingston upon Thames) is a former British tennis player, who achieved a highest lifetime ranking of fifteenth in the world.
He represented Great Britain in the Davis Cup eight times. His father, Tony Mottram, was a leading British tennis player in the 1950s.
While he was still playing professionally, Mottram became notorious for his right-wing views; he expressed support for the British National Front and the policies of Enoch Powell. He subsequently formed a songwriting partnership with the black entertainer Kenny Lynch.[1] In November 2008, he was expelled from the UK Independence Party after attempting to broker an electoral pact with the British National Party. UKIP leader Nigel Farage called Mottram's offer "astonishing", declaring the party to be "non-racist".[2]
Quotes
"The majority of today's [female] players revel in displaying an aggressive masculinity with all its associated features: shorts or skirts as distinct from dresses (you can count on one hand the number of players who don dresses), short cropped hair, bad language and mannerisms traditionally linked with the men."[3]
"I hope Enoch Powell will never die, just as his namesake in the Bible never died."[4]
References
- ^ Tennis: Whatever happened to Buster Mottram? The Independent, 18 May, 2002
- ^ UKIP rejects BNP electoral offer BBC News 3rd November 2008
- ^ Wimbledon stars 'men in skirts', Irish Independent, 25 June 1999
- ^ The ten worst sportsmen in politics, The Observer, September 5, 2004