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Archibald Engelbach

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Archibald Englebach
Personal information
Country England
Died1961

Archibald Frank Engelbach was an English badminton player. He competed in the All England Championships winning the Men's doubles title in 1920 under the alias A Fee. He was a schools gymnastic champion before taking up badminton and became a prominent badminton judge. This resulted in him being uncapped for the England team.[1] In 1930 he married Violet Maude, also a well known badminton player, daughter of Herbert Baddeley, the four time winner of the Wimbledon doubles. He died on December 1961 at his home in London aged 80.[2]

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Medal Year Event
Gold medal – first place 1920 Men's doubles
Silver medal – second place 1922 Men's doubles

References

  1. ^ Davis, Pat (1983). Guinness Book of Badminton. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-271-X.
  2. ^ "A.F.Engelbach". Badminton England. Archived from the original on 2017-01-17. Retrieved 2015-11-08.
  3. ^ "Times Archives". Oxfordshire Libraries.