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Walter Stohlberg

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Walter Stohlberg
Full nameWalter Arthur Stohlberg
Country (sports) Canada
DiedAugust 12, 1977 (aged 54)[1]
PlaysRight-handed
Singles
Career record0–1 (Davis Cup)
Doubles
Career record0–1 (Davis Cup)

Walter Arthur Stohlberg was a Canadian tennis player of the 1940s and 1950s.[2]

Stohlberg, a graduate of Kitsilano High School in Vancouver, served as a Bombardier with the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II. He became a German prisoner of war in 1944 and was held at Stalag Luft III.[3]

Post war, Stohlberg was a Canadian Davis Cup representative twice, featuring in ties against Mexico in 1948 and Australia in 1949. He was a doubles runner-up at the 1949 Canadian Championships, with Lorne Main. In 1952 he had to retire from amateur tennis in order to accept a paid coaching position.[4]

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  1. ^ "Vancouver". Times Colonist. August 13, 1977.
  2. ^ "Tennis Star's Injuries Serious". The Vancouver Sun. October 17, 1947.
  3. ^ "Coast DFC Flier, Missing, Now Safe". The Vancouver Sun. December 2, 1944.
  4. ^ "Stohlberg To Coach". The Baltimore Sun. September 4, 1952.
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