Maybe a former world champion played from my club

[Phil]

Hello everyone, I'm not here as often now since I'm quite busy from school, work, sports, and badminton, but don't worry, I haven't left BF. :)

Anyways, on to my question. Does anyone have any information on the very old World Championships, like around 1945 or so. My badminton club hosts an annual tournament which goes under the name of a now-deceased badminton player. I was reading a newspaper article in March about this player and apparently he was a World Champion in 1945! :eek: I think that was the year quoted. Anyways, I searched on the internet and the world championships didn't start until later than the year stated

Now what I want to know is if the information was really true, then there was a former world champion who played at my badminton club. :eek: Can anyone confirm a Canadian World Champion winner in any recorded history for me? It sounds unlikely, but I just want to know for sure. Perhaps he just won Canadian Championships and the article writer miswrote it as World Championship. The player's name is Doug Grant.

Phil

[Cheung]

The All England used to be regarded as the unofficial world championships before the offical inception of the WC.

The only N American male I can recall (off hand) as winning was Dave Freeman. Apparently he was a neurosurgeon.

Judy Devlin Hashman was another very famous player from America

[ronk]

Who was the American?

The All-England was the unofficial world championship before the advent of the World Championships. From the US, Dave Freeman won the All-England once and Judy Devlin won the All-England several times. The US was a badminton power in those days. With TV and TV sports, badminton became less popular in the US.


Here is a URL with the All-England champions (in Danish)

http://www.sportslex.dk/dk/a/3/all_england.htm


Ron

[TOmike]

i'm sure there would have been many good players around during that time if it wasn't for the bloody war.. what a terrible business. this player.. is he now deceased?

[Californian]

Go to http://www.badminton.ca/

Under News, select Champions. Then select Canadian National Champions.

He was your MS Champion in '33, '34, '36.

[Phil]

TOMike:

Yes, the player, Doug Grant is now deceased. Thus our annual Doug Grant Tournament is now called the Doug Grant Memorial Tournament.

Californian:

Thanks very much for finding this information and clarifying for me. I guess the writer did mistake Canadian National Championships for Worlds. Oh well, at least I can say a previous (very previous) National Champion played at my club. :D

Phil