Robert Brien
| Robert Brien | |
|---|---|
| College | Mississippi State University |
| Conference | SEC |
| Sport | Tennis |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Born | October 26, 1944 Sydney, Australia |
| Honors | |
| All-American First Team - 1966, 1967 All-SEC - 1965, 1966 and 1967 | |
Robert C. Brien of Sydney, Australia, was a tennis player in the 1960s and 1970s.
In 1963 Brien, with Greg Cotterill, won the Australian Championships Boys Doubles Championship.[1]
As a 19-year-old who had been in the United States for four months, Brien reached the final at the Cincinnati tournament in 1964 before losing to Herb Fitzgibbon.
According to an article in the 5 July 1964, edition of The Cincinnati Enquirer, Brien had defeated Neale Fraser, Owen Davidson, Tony Roche and Bill Lenoir.
Brien played collegiate tennis at Mississippi State University.[2][3][4] He was an All-American in 1966 and 1967.[5] Brien finished his collegiate tennis career with a 67-1 career winning record.[6]
In 1981 Brien was inducted into the Mississippi State University Sports Hall of Fame.[7]
Brien was inducted into the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame in 1985.[6]
References
- ↑ "Boys' Doubles Champions". Australian Open Website. Tennis Australia. Retrieved 17 March 2010.
- ↑ "All-Time Men's Tennis Singles & Doubles Champions". Southeastern Conference. Retrieved 17 March 2010.
- ↑ "SEC Tennis, Golf Capital". St. Petersburg Times (Google News Archive). 11 May 1967. Retrieved 17 March 2010.
- ↑ "Brien Top Seeded - Gators Dark Horse In SEC Tennis". The Miami News (Google News Archive). 11 May 1967. Retrieved 17 March 2010.
- ↑ "Year In Review". Southeastern Conference. 2007. Retrieved 17 March 2010.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Inductees - Bobby Brien". Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum. Retrieved 17 March 2010.
- ↑ "Mississippi State University M-Club Alumni Association & Sports Hall of Fame". MSU Athletics. Mississippi State University. Retrieved 17 March 2010.