Sugar Ray Robinson in 1989. In 2006 he was featured on a commemorative stamp by the United States Postal Service. Robinson was born Walker Smith Jr. in Ailey, Georgia, to Walker Smith Sr. and Leila Hurst. Robinson was the youngest of three children; his eldest sister Marie was born in 1917 and his other sister Evelyn was born in 1919. His father was a cotton, peanut, and corn farmer in Georgia, who moved the family to Detroit where he initially found work in construction. According to Robinson, Smith Sr. later worked two jobs to support his family—cement mixer and sewer worker. "He had
Jean Walker-Smith champion Maureen Connolly Between 1949 and 1952 Walker-Smith was a member of the British team that competed in the Wightman Cup, a women's team tennis competition between the United States and Great Britain. These editions were all won by the United States and Waker-Smith was unable to win any of her nine matches but did manage to win a set against the reigning world No. 1's Doris Hart and Maureen Connolly. She was the top-ranked British female player in 1951 and was ranked No. 5 in the world. In December 1952 Walker-Smith was named one of the leading tennis personalities