# Alice Greene

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{{Short description|English tennis player}}
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|name        = Alice Greene
|image       = Alice greene.jpg
|caption     = Greene (before 1910)
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|birth_date  = {{Birth date|1879|10|15|df=yes}}
|birth_place = [Upton, Northamptonshire](/source/Upton%2C_Northamptonshire), England
|death_date  = {{Death date and age|1956|10|26|1879|10|15|df=yes}}
|death_place = [Saint Brélade](/source/Saint_Br%C3%A9lade), [Jersey](/source/Jersey)
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{{MedalSport | Women's [Tennis](/source/Tennis_at_the_Summer_Olympics)}}
{{MedalSilver | [1908 London](/source/1908_Summer_Olympics) | [Indoor singles](/source/Tennis_at_the_1908_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_indoor_singles)}}
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'''Alice Norah Gertrude Greene''' (15 October 1879 – 26 October 1956) was a female English [tennis](/source/tennis) player from the United Kingdom. She won a silver medal playing tennis at the [1908 Summer Olympics](/source/1908_Summer_Olympics) in London.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/51 |title=Alice Greene |work=Olympedia |access-date=12 April 2021}}</ref> Sometimes referred to as Angela Greene in some references.

==Early life==
Greene was born at [Upton, Northamptonshire](/source/Upton%2C_Northamptonshire) on 15 October 1879, the daughter of Richard and Emma Greene. Her father, Richard, was a medical doctor and superintendent of the [Northampton County Lunatic Asylum](/source/Northampton_County_Lunatic_Asylum) in Upton.

==Tennis==
At the October 1907 ''London Covered Courts Championships'' at the [Queen's Club](/source/Queen's_Club), Greene won the Ladies Single's title.<ref name="argus" /> Greene played at the [1908 Summer Olympics](/source/1908_Summer_Olympics) in London and won a silver medal in the [women's indoor singles event](/source/Tennis_at_the_1908_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_indoor_singles).<ref name="sports-reference">{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gr/alice-greene-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418041945/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gr/alice-greene-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Alice Greene Olympic Results |accessdate=2014-02-01 |work=sports-reference.com}}</ref> Greene also placed fifth in the [outdoor singles event](/source/Tennis_at_the_1908_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_singles).<ref name="argus" /> Greene was also an international field hockey player.<ref name="argus" />

==Later life==
Greene moved to the island of [Jersey](/source/Jersey), where she died on 26 October 1956.

In 2010 her Olympic medals were auctioned.<ref name="argus">[http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/local/localbrad/5022346.Silver_star_Alice___s_medal_up_for_sale/ Bradford tennis ace’s Olympic prize expected to fetch up to £2,000]</ref>

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Category:Olympic tennis players for Great Britain
Category:Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain
Category:Tennis players at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic medalists in tennis
Category:Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Category:English female tennis players
Category:British female tennis players
Category:People from Upton, Northamptonshire
Category:Tennis players from Northamptonshire
Category:20th-century English sportswomen

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