General George
Hetley
Male
England
1853-12-20
London, England


About

George Hetley was the son of Henry Hetley, a stained glass manufacturer, and Cornelia Hetley (née Lewis). George married an American widow, Jenny Eakin Stevenson, in Paris on 19 September 1884. He was a member of several lawn tennis and sports clubs in Paris, including the Société Sportive de l’Île de Puteaux, the Stade Français and the Decimal Boating (and Lawn Tennis) Club; at one point he was also president of the last-named club. For most of the 1890s, he earned his living as a commercial agent for several brands of bicycle made in Great Britain. In this respect, his company name was Cycles Le Globe/Globe Cycles, and its premises were located on rue Garnier in the western Parisian suburb of Neuilly. A huge fire that broke out on 2 September 1897 destroyed most of the building in Neuilly and left George Hetley in severe financial difficulties. He appears to have left the bicycle business soon after this occurrence.



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Archive statistics 1889 - 1898
2
36
21


Tournament wins 1895 - Étretat (Amateur)
1894 - Stade Francais Cup (Amateur)


Tournaments French International Covered Court Championships - 1898 French National Championships - 1898 Étretat - 1898 French National Championships - 1897 French International Covered Court Championships - 1896 French National Championships - 1896 French International Covered Court Championships - 1895 French National Championships - 1895 Étretat - 1895 Saint-Servan-Sur-Mer - 1895 Stade Francais Cup - 1895 French National Championships - 1894 Stade Francais Cup - 1894 French National Championships - 1893 Divonne-les-Bains - 1893 French National Championships - 1892 Dinard - 1889

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