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Rice Thomas Hopkins Gemmell (1896–1972) was an Australian
tennis Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket st ...
player. Born in
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, by 1916 he was living in
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and was enlisted in World War I as a bombardier. Gemmell is best known for winning the 1921 Australasian Championships men's singles title, held at Perth, where he beat Alf Hedeman in the final. In the same year, he also won the men's doubles title, partnering Stanley Eaton. Gemmell was Western Australia's top player during the 1920s. In 1924 Gemmell opened a store which sold sports equipment with fellow player Keith McDougall. Gemmell turned professional in 1927. In 1932 he became a gold miner and in 1940 he survived a car crash in which the driver of the car died. He died in 1972 and is interred in Tewantin,
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.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gemmell, Rice 1896 births 1972 deaths Australasian Championships (tennis) champions Australian male tennis players Tennis players from Melbourne Grand Slam (tennis) champions in men's doubles Grand Slam (tennis) champions in men's singles People from Caulfield, Victoria Tennis players from Perth, Western Australia Military personnel from Western Australia Australian military personnel of World War I Sportsmen from Victoria (state) 20th-century Australian sportsmen