140 years ago today, at age 34, Mary Ewing Outerbridge died from kidney inflammation. She imported the lawn game tennis to the United States from Bermuda.

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140 years ago today, at age 34, Mary Ewing Outerbridge died from kidney inflammation. She imported the lawn game tennis to the United States from Bermuda.

www.nytimes.com

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Mary Ewing Outerbridge, Who Helped Bring Tennis to the United States (Published 2024)

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Outerbridge set up a tennis court in Staten Island in the 1870s. It may have been the first in America.

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