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On his way to winning gold at the 1984 Olympic exhibition tennis tournament, Stefen Edberg clocked an official with a ball after an errant shot. What did the official do.
 
jb03 said:
On his way to winning gold at the 1984 Olympic exhibition tennis tournament, Stefen Edberg clocked an official with a ball after an errant shot.  What did the official do.

jb03 said:
no, i may have worded the question a little trickily

tricky eh...

'clocked an official'
If the official is human... bought a new watch?
If the official is the time clock... stopped working?

'after an errant shot'
did the official pull out a gun?
 
TC said:
A linesman actually died after being hit by him in the goolies, but not at Olympics

Well, should I pay that? Yes he died. It was when it was only an exhibition sport at the Olympics.
 
Pay the answer not the question.

Quote from InsideTennis.com.

When he played the U.S. Open Juniors, one of his kick serves smashed a linesman in the groin.  The linesman then toppled over, hit his head on the court and suffered a fatal heart attack.
 
The freakiest fatality occurred on the tennis court. At the Junior Boys’ Final of the 1983 U.S. Open, linesman Richard Wertheim was hit in the groin by a serve from eventual champion Stefan Edberg. Wertheim toppled backward, hitting his head on the court. He died in the hospital five days later of a subdural hematoma.

Sorry Bill didn't see your reply to that, I was reading PMs
 
David Graham

Apologies for the previous question but I got it off a tennis trivia site so assumed it to be true.  I stand corrected.(Unless of course there were two deaths!)
 
TC said:
David Graham is correct

No worries jb, what a way to go eh?

mmmm. :eek:

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