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Cincinnati Tennis History
Walnut Hills Tennis Club 1965-75
This was a weekend group that practiced on the old Walnut Hills H.S. tennis Courts

 

Reggie Brock

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Jack Brock

Coach Brock & Arthur Ashe
1969

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Cincinnati's Earliest Black Tennis Players and Coaches!

Jack Brock - Reggie Brock - Tony Brock

 Jack Brock 1927-2018 Student Athlete, Mentor, Coach, Father
Reggie Brock 1951-2015 Student Athlete, Mentor, Father

Tony Brock 1958 Student Athlete, Mentor, Coach

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Jack Brock

Mr. Brock received many awards and honors in of his long coaching career. Among them are:
1989 the Black Hall of Fame of Covington, Kentucky.
1989 the Tuskegee University Hall of Fame
1999 the Northern Kentucky Athletic Directors Hall of Fame

2000 the Dawahares Kentucky High School Athletic Directors Hall of Fame

Glendale High School

  • 1946 led the State of Ohio in scoring with 585 points in nineteen games.

  • OHSAA Track finals 100 yd dash 9.9 time

Tuskegee University

  • 1946-51 Basketball, Track and Tennis

  • 1989 Tuskegee University Hall of Fame

1951-54 US Air Force
First Lt. Casablanca, Morocco
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Tennis Championships

  • 1957 PRC Men's Singles Public Parks Tournament

  • 1957 Losantiville Men's Dlbs Winner

  • 1957 PRC Men's

  • 1961 PRC Men's Winner

  • 1961 PRC Men's Dlbs

Covington William Grant H.S.

  • 1955-1965 William Grant High School Varsity Basketball Coach

  • 1957-58 basketball season William Grant was admitted as a member of the Kentucky High School Athletic Association. William Grant won the District Tournament. The next season, William Grant went on to become the first African American team to win a Regional Championships. Mr. Brock's teams won four Regional and five District Championships.

Princeton H.S.

  • 1965-73 Varsity Basketball & Tennis Coach

Hughes H.S.

  • 1973-1980 Varsity Basketball and Tennis Coach

Taft H.S.

  • 1980-1990 Athletic Director

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Reggie Brock

Princeton High School

  • 1968 OHSAA District Team Champions

  • 1969 OHSAA State Qualifier

  • 1971 ATA Men's Open Finalist

Rollins College

  • 1969-1973​

First black tennis player in Rollins College history. Member of the historic Rollins College Men's Tennis Teams that qualified for 27 consecutive NCAA Championships

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Tony Brock

Princeton High School

​1973-76 GMC Conference Champion

1976-78 Hampton University Hampton, Virginia Varsity Tennis Team

1978-80 Alliant International University San Diego, CA Varsity Tennis Team (NAIA All-American 1979)

1975 ITF Orange Bowl
1975 American Tennis Assoc. (ATA) Boys 18U National Champion
1976 USTA National Hard-court Championships
1976 Greater Cincinnati Tennis No.1 Ranked 18U
1976 OHSAA 3rd place AAA State Tennis Championships
1977 Courtyard Men's Pro Tennis Championships (Champion)
1979 San Diego Collegiate Tennis Championships Singles and Doubles Champion
1996 Ohio Valley Tennis Assoc. Howard Dredge Excellence Award
1996 Greater Cincinnati Tennis Assoc. (GCTA) Community Tennis Award
2007 United States Pro Tennis Assoc. (USPTA So. Calif Division) Special Needs Coaching Award

2008 USTA Player Development Coach
2012 Los Angeles Business and Community Excellence Award
2015 Cincinnati Hills League (CHL) Coach of the Year
2019 USPTA Career Development

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Western & Southern Financial Fund
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tonyb@thebrockfoundation.org         310 910-8304    103 Washington Ave       Glendale, OH         45246

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