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English badminton player
Badminton player
Arthur Kenneth Jones known as A. K. Jones (1887 – 1975) was an English international badminton player. He was born in Southampton.
Career
Arthur Kenneth Jones won the 1925 All England Badminton Championships in the men's doubles event. Until 1977 the tournament was the unofficial world championships. Jones was a pioneer of the sport. In 1925–26 he belonged to an English touring team, who travelled to Canada and the United States for two months to develop the sport in those countries on behalf of the Canadian Badminton Association which had recently been formed in 1921.[3][4]
Records
Season | Event | Disziplin | Place | Name |
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1925 | All England | Men´s doubles | 1 | Herbert Uber / Arthur Kenneth Jones |
Personal life
He was a bank clerk by profession and lived in Richmond, Surrey. He died in Salisbury.
References
- ^ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
- ^ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
- ^ "Badminton : An Illustrated History - From ancient pastime to Olympic sport". Google Books.
- ^ "UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, Southampton, England 1926". Ancestry UK.
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