Rod Laver
Further Information
Books
Baltzell, E. Digby. Sporting Gentlemen: Men's Tennis from the Age of Honor to the Cult of the Superstar. New York: Free Press, 1995.
Bartlett, Michael and Bob Gillen, editors. The Tennis Book. New York: Arbor House, 1981.
Christopher, Andre. Top Ten Men's Tennis Players. Hillside, NJ: Enslow, 1998.
Collins, Bud and Zander Hollander, editors. Bud Collins' Modern Encyclopedia of Tennis. Detroit: Gale, 1994.
Danzig, Allison and Peter Schwed, editors. The Fireside Book of Tennis. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1972.
Flink, Steve. The Greatest Tennis Matches of the Twentieth Century. Danbury, CT: Rutledge Books, 1999.
Laver, Rod and Bud Collins. The Education of a Tennis Player. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1971.
Lorimer, Larry. The Tennis Book: A Complete A-to-Z Encyclopedia of Tennis. New York: Random House, 1980.
Phillips, Caryl, editor. The Right Set: A Tennis Anthology. New York: Vintage Books, 1999.
St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture. Detroit: St. James Press, 2000.
Vecchione, Joseph J. The New York Times Book of Sports Legends. New York: Times Books, 1991.
Periodicals
Berry, Elliot and E. H. Wallop. "Love-50." Forbes (May 9, 1954).
Daley, Arthur. New York Times (August 31, 1959).
Dillman, Lisa and Larry Stewart. "Laver Suffers Stroke, Taken to UCLA Medical Center." Los Angeles Times (July 28, 1998): 3.
Lardner, Rex, "Rod Rockets into Orbit." Sports Illustrated (September 17, 1962): 51.
Lupica, Mike. "The Conscience of the Court." Esquire (January, 1988): 37-39.
Mravic, Mark and Richard O'Brien. "Rocket Refit." Sports Illustrated (April 5, 1999): 36.
"The Rocket's Slam." Time (September 21, 1962): 57.
Shmerler, Cindy. "The Road Back." Tennis (September, 1999): 94-98.
Stambler, Lyndon. "A Tennis Great, Felled by a Stroke, Makes a Stirring Return from the Brink." People (October 26, 1998): 153.
Other
Clausen, Lisa. "Time 100 Sports Stars: Rod Laver." Time.com http://www.time.com/ (October 25, 1999).
Contemporary Authors Online. http://galenet.galegroup.com/ (July 4, 2002).
"Crowning Achievement: Australian Open Honors Rod Laver." Sports Illustrated/CNN http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/ (January 14, 2000).
"Harry Hopman, Class of 1978. International Tennis Hall of Fame. http://www.tennis.fame.org/ (September 26, 2002).
Hyundai/Hopman Cup. http://www.hopmancup.com/ (September 26, 2002).
Muscatel, Cyndy. "Rod Laver Triumphs Again." World Tennis Ratings. http://www.worldtennisratings.com/ (September 18, 2002).
"Rod Laver." BBC Sport. http://news.bbc.co.uk/ (September 18, 2002).
"Rod Laver, Class of 1981." International Tennis Hall of Fame. http://www.tennisfame.org/ (September 22, 2002).
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