Jay Gould II
| Jay Gould II | |
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| Born |
September 1, 1888 New York City |
| Died | January 26, 1935 (aged 46) Margaretville, New York |
| Occupation | Tennis player |
| Spouse(s) | Anne Douglass Graham |
| Children | Jay Gould III |
| Parent(s) |
George Jay Gould I Edith Kingdon |
| Relatives |
Jay Gould, grandfather George Gould II, brother |
| Olympic medal record | ||
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| Men's jeu de paume | ||
Representing the  United States
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1908 London | Individual |
Jay Gould II (September 1, 1888 – January 26, 1935) was an American real tennis player and a grandson of the railroad magnate Jay Gould. He was the world champion (1914–1916) and the Olympic gold medalist (London, 1908, under the name jeu de paume). He held the U.S. Amateur Championship title continuously from 1906–1925, winning 18 times (no tournaments were held during the U.S. involvement in World War I). During the same period, he never lost a set to an American amateur, and lost only one singles match, to English champion E.M. Baerlein. The court built for him by his father at the family's Georgian Court estate was restored in 2005. Jay Gould II is the great great uncle of US Olympic cyclist Georgia Gould, who qualified to race in the London 2012 Olympiad.
He was born on September 1, 1888 to George Jay Gould I.
He married Anne Douglass Graham, a cousin of Princess Abigail Campbell Kawananakoa and a granddaughter of a Hawaiian chiefess, and had the following children:
He died on January 26, 1935, at Margaretville, New York. The cause of death was "hemorrhage of the esophagus brought on by a complexity of ailments."
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