Starting Lineups Records and History
The 1967 team finished the season with a 16-2 record overall. Zulfi Rahim finished his career that season after starting three years at number one singles and number one doubles. Rahim is pictured on the back row fourth from the left. 1959 (9-5 OVERALL) Singles 1. Sonny Sumner, SO (14) 2. Mohamed Nasim, SR (13) 3. Bob Burns, SO (14) 4. Bill Cooper, JR (10) 5. Lanier Bryant, SR (14) 6. Jack Weir, JR (14) Doubles 1. Sumner-Nasim (9) 2. Cooper-Burns (11) 3. Weir-Bryant (10) 1960 (3-12 OVERALL) Singles 1. Bob Burns, JR (15) 2. Bill Cooper, SR (15) 3. Bobby Lynn, SR (11) 4. John Nutt, SR (12) 5. Tommy James, SO (15) 6. Francis Holyrod, SR (8) Doubles 1. Burns-Cooper (14) 2. Bobby Doyon, JR-James (14) 3. Holyrod-Wingate Sikes (4)
12-8 18-3 15-5 5-9 8-11 10-7 8-4 6-6 5-6
13-8 7-11 1-10 2-12 3-13 2-8 10-7 5-11 0-4
1961 (0-13 OVERALL) Singles 1. Roy Strickland, SO (13) 4-12 2. George Christopher, SO (12) 3-12
3. Bobby Doyon, SR (10) 3-10 4. Tommy James, JR (10) 1-11 5. Tommy Cooper, SO (10) 1-12 6. Bill Moore, SO (7) 2-6 Wingate Sikes, JR (7) 0-8 Doubles 1. Strickland-Christopher (10) 1-10 2. Doyon-James (7) 0-7 3. Cooper-Sikes (5) 0-5 1962 (14-1 OVERALL) Singles 1. Bob Burns, SR (14) 20-3 2. Doug Stewart, SO (15) 17-2 3. Malloy Evans, SO (15) 16-2 4. Roy Strickland, (9) 6-5 5. Dick Pregnall, SO (14) 13-6 6. George Christopher, JR (15) 19-1 Doubles 1. Burns-Stewart (14) 18-1 2. Evans -Christopher (15) 12-3 3. Craft-Pregnall (13) 10-5 1963 (13-2 OVERALL) Singles 1. Doug Stewart, JR (15) 2. Malloy Evans, JR (15) 3. Eddie Crow, SO (14) 4. James Ledbetter, SO (15) 5. Dick Pregnall, JR (14) 6. Fred Craft, JR (14)
15-5 18-3 14-5 12-6 17-1 11-7
Doubles 1. Stewart-Evans (13) 2. Crow-Ledbetter 11) 3. Pregnall-Craft (14) 1964 (9-8 OVERALL) Singles 1. Doug Stwart, SR (17) 2. Malloy Evans, SR (17) 3. Eddie Crow, JR (17) 4. Tom Long, SO (17) 5. James Ledbetter, JR (17) 6. Dick Pregnall, SR (15) Doubles 1. Evans-Stewart (16) 2. Ledbetter/Long (12) 3. Craft-Pregnall (16)
12-4 9-7 12-5
16-8 11-9 12-9 12-8 18-4 13-6 14-6 7-8 17-4
1965 (15-4 OVERALL) Singles 1. Zulfi Rahim, SO (19) 16-9 2. Tom Long, JR (19) 14-10 3. Sammy Smithyman, SO (19) 17-6 4. Dikran Ornekian, SO (19) 17-7 5. Eddie Crow, SR (19) 21-3 6. James Ledbetter, SR (18) 18-4 Doubles 1. Rahim-Long (17) 14-6 2. Smithyman-Ornekian (16) 12-7 3. Ledbetter-Crow (16) 14-5
1966 (12-4 OVERALL) Singles 1. Zulfi Rahim, JR (15) 15-5 2. Tom Long, SR (16) 13-8 3. Sammy Smithyman, JR (16) 14-7 4. Dikran Ornekian, JR (16) 15-6 5. Perry Reynolds, SO (16) 18-3 6. David Wilkins, SO (11) 11-5 Doubles 1. Rahim-Long (15) 14-6 2. Smithyman-Wilkins (14) 14-5 3. Reynolds-Sibert (14) 15-3 1967 (16-2 OVERALL) Singles 1. Zulfi Rahim, SR (18) 2. David Cooper, SO (18) 3. Sammy Smithyman, SR (18) 4. Jim Poling, SO (17) 5. Perry Reynolds, JR (11) 6. David Wilkins, JR (18) Doubles 1. Rahim-Cooper (17) 2. Wilkins-Smithyman (17) 3. Sibert-Reynolds (10)
20-3 19-3 7-3
1968 (13-4 OVERALL) Singles 1. David Cooper, JR (17) 2. Edgar Shelton, FR (16)
15-5 10-9
17-7 21-4 19-4 17-7 7-7 20-4
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