Vere St. Leger Goold, Irish tennis player (born 1853)

Vere St. Leger Goold

Irish tennis player

Vere Thomas "St. Leger" Goold was an Irish tennis player who competed for the 1879 Wimbledon All Comers' final. That year he became the first singles champion of the Irish Championships. He quickly faded from the game and in 1907 was sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's…