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Gonzales, Pancho, 1928-1995

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Personal name headingGonzales, Pancho, 1928-1995
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Variant(s)Gonzales, Richard Alonzo, 1928-1995
Gonzalez, Pancho, 1928-1995
Gonzalez, Richard, 1928-1995
Associated countryUnited States
Birth date1928-05-09
Death date1995-07-03
Place of birthLos Angeles (Calif.)
Place of deathLas Vegas (Nev.)
Profession or occupationTennis players
Found inHis Man with a racket, 1959.
Richard "Pancho" Gonzalez, tennis champion, 1998: CIP galley (b. 1928; d. 1995) book p. 9-10, etc. (When his father migrated to U.S., immigration officials spelled his last name Gonzales although it had been Gonzalez in Mexico; and his father spelled it Gonzales for the rest of his life; Pancho spelled his last name Gonzales until 1970 when he changed it back to the Spanish version; Pancho Gonzales; born Richard Alonzo, May 9, 1928)
Wikipedia, viewed May 11, 2021 : under "Pancho Gonzales" (May 9, 1928 - July 3, 1995. Died in Las Vegas, Nevada)
Meier, Matt S. Mexican American biographies, 1988: page 91 (Richard Alonzo "Pancho" Gonzales, born in Los Angeles, California. Dominated professional tennis in the early 1960s to early 1970s.)
Associated languageeng