Buster Mottram
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Christopher ("Buster") Mottram (born 25 April 1955 in Kingston upon Thames) is a former British tennis player, who achieved a highest lifetime of World No. 15.
He represented Great Britain in the Davis Cup eight times.
His father, Tony Mottram, was a leading British tennis player in the 1950s.
Mottram is noted for his extreme right-wing views. He endorsed the British National Front and applied, unsuccessfully, for the Conservative parliamentary candidacy in several constituencies.
[edit] Quotes
"I hope Enoch Powell will never die, just as his namesake in the Bible never died."
"The majority of today's players revel in displaying an aggressive masculinity with all its associated features: shorts or skirts as distinct from dresses (you can count on one hand the number of players who don dresses), short cropped hair, bad language and mannerisms traditionally linked with the men."
[edit] External links
- Wimbledon stars 'men in skirts', Irish Independent, June 25, 1999.
- The ten worst sportsmen in politics, The Observer, September 5, 2004.
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