Huge Shop Display Tennis Racket - 1960's Slazenger Championship No.1
Oversize Slazenger Challenge No.1 Shop Display Tennis Racket. 1960s. (pictured with a regular wooden racket from the same period).
Produced by Slazenger. Measures 135cm x 47cm. Solid wood with veneer detailing and nylon strings. Condition: Strong and intact with some scuffs, wear and cosmetic repairs. Tape on the bottom of the handle.
This wonderful (and huge) tennis racket dates to the mid-1960s and has been crafted to a very high standard, most likely by the Slazenger factory. Slazenger produced these for display in sport shops to promote the The Slazenger Championship No.1 tennis racket when it first arrived in the market in around 1965. The Championship No.1 was one of the most popular rackets of the 1960s, even my father had one at university in 1968!
Slazenger was founded in 1881 by a pair of brothers Ralph and Albert Slazenger In 1881. Later that same year Ralph Slazenger opened a shop on London's Cannon Street selling rubber sporting goods. Slazenger quickly became a leading manufacturer of sporting equipment for golf and tennis.
Throughout the 20th century Slazenger was the leading manufacturer of tennis rackets and balls though their dominance diminished with the arrival of metal and composite rackets in the early 80s. Slazenger remain the official tennis ball brand of the Wimbledon Championships.
Oversize Slazenger Challenge No.1 Shop Display Tennis Racket. 1960s. (pictured with a regular wooden racket from the same period).
Produced by Slazenger. Measures 135cm x 47cm. Solid wood with veneer detailing and nylon strings. Condition: Strong and intact with some scuffs, wear and cosmetic repairs. Tape on the bottom of the handle.
This wonderful (and huge) tennis racket dates to the mid-1960s and has been crafted to a very high standard, most likely by the Slazenger factory. Slazenger produced these for display in sport shops to promote the The Slazenger Championship No.1 tennis racket when it first arrived in the market in around 1965. The Championship No.1 was one of the most popular rackets of the 1960s, even my father had one at university in 1968!
Slazenger was founded in 1881 by a pair of brothers Ralph and Albert Slazenger In 1881. Later that same year Ralph Slazenger opened a shop on London's Cannon Street selling rubber sporting goods. Slazenger quickly became a leading manufacturer of sporting equipment for golf and tennis.
Throughout the 20th century Slazenger was the leading manufacturer of tennis rackets and balls though their dominance diminished with the arrival of metal and composite rackets in the early 80s. Slazenger remain the official tennis ball brand of the Wimbledon Championships.
Oversize Slazenger Challenge No.1 Shop Display Tennis Racket. 1960s. (pictured with a regular wooden racket from the same period).
Produced by Slazenger. Measures 135cm x 47cm. Solid wood with veneer detailing and nylon strings. Condition: Strong and intact with some scuffs, wear and cosmetic repairs. Tape on the bottom of the handle.
This wonderful (and huge) tennis racket dates to the mid-1960s and has been crafted to a very high standard, most likely by the Slazenger factory. Slazenger produced these for display in sport shops to promote the The Slazenger Championship No.1 tennis racket when it first arrived in the market in around 1965. The Championship No.1 was one of the most popular rackets of the 1960s, even my father had one at university in 1968!
Slazenger was founded in 1881 by a pair of brothers Ralph and Albert Slazenger In 1881. Later that same year Ralph Slazenger opened a shop on London's Cannon Street selling rubber sporting goods. Slazenger quickly became a leading manufacturer of sporting equipment for golf and tennis.
Throughout the 20th century Slazenger was the leading manufacturer of tennis rackets and balls though their dominance diminished with the arrival of metal and composite rackets in the early 80s. Slazenger remain the official tennis ball brand of the Wimbledon Championships.
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