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Gertrude Augusta "Gussy" Moran〔 (September 8, 1923 – January 16, 2013) was an American female tennis player who was active in the 1950s. Her highest US national tennis ranking was 4th.〔(Female players & the 1950–51 Pauline Betz-Gussy Moran tour )〕 She was born in Santa Monica, California,〔http://sports.quickfound.net/tennis_articles.html〕 and died in Los Angeles, California, age 89.〔http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-gussy-moran-20130118,0,1457993.story〕 ==Early life and amateur tennis career== Moran's father (who died in 1960) was a sound technician and electrician at Universal Studios, and possibly because of his connections, Moran worked as an extra in a few movies of the 1940s; and her tennis groups occasionally enjoyed weekly Sunday soirees at Charlie Chaplin's mansion. Their friendship was so close that Chaplin hosted a party for Gussy when she got engaged. Though Gussy was taller, the two often danced at various parties, though it was always the tango. When Moran was 17, their family was informed that her older brother had been declared missing in action in World War II. She was devastated by the news, and soon went to work at the nearby Douglas Aircraft Company, helping to assemble airplanes for the war effort. She also joined USO tours to California hospitals and military bases. Moran entered several amateur tennis tourneys in California, eventually rising to eligibility to play at Wimbledon in 1949. Preparing for that appearance, she asked the official Wimbledon host, Ted Tinling, to design her outfit. She asked for one sleeve to be one color, the other sleeve to be another color, and the skirt to be a third color. Because of the tournament rule that all outfits had to be white only, he declined, but later agreed to design an outfit that complied with the rule.〔http://www.goldonian.org/wimbledon/gorgeous_gussie.htm〕 Her outfit, a short tennis dress with ruffled, lace-trimmed knickers, was short enough for her knickers to be visible during the match, a first for any tournament.〔http://www.petticoated.com/gussie19.htm〕 In a tennis documentary on ESPN about Wimbledon and the requirement to wear white, long-time tennis analyst Bud Collins remarked about the "naughty" Gussie Moran wearing frilly lace panties at Wimbledon. Her outfit drew considerable attention; reporters covering the event began calling her "Gorgeous Gussie",〔 and photographers fought for positions where they could get low shots of Moran,〔 with the hope of glimpsing the lace.〔 The event scandalized Wimbledon officials,〔http://www.life.com/image/3271163/in-gallery/28022/wimbledon-fashion-statements〕 prompting a debate in Parliament.〔 Moran, who was accused of bringing 'vulgarity and sin into tennis' by the committee of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club,〔 later reverted to wearing shorts.〔 Tinling, who had acted as official Wimbledon host for 23 years, was shunned for the 33 years following the incident (he was invited back to Wimbledon in 1982).〔''Gorgeous Gussie holds on to less-than-glamorous life'', 1988 interview w Moran by well-known sports reporter Melissa Isaacson, published in 18 June 1988 issue of the Orlando Sentinel〕 For a 1988 story and interview which reported on the 1949 Wimbledon incident Moran spoke about the event: Wimbledon officials went mad, and Moran, shocked by the reaction, went into a shell. The first and only time she wore the outfit on court, she walked with her racket in front of her face. "I was embarrassed . . because they were putting so much adulation on the character, 'Gorgeous Gussie'. You know, I was really never anything to write home about. I was a plain girl. But Life magazine ran a picture calling me Gorgeous Gussie, and the British picked it up and did a real job with it. Then people would see me and I'd hear them say, 'I've seen better-looking waitresses at the hot-dog stand.' I just went to pieces. Emotionally, I couldn't handle it."〔Isaacson, 1988〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gussie Moran」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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