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 at the end of the month Walker-Smith participated in the British Hard Court Championships in Bournemouth where she was defeated in the final by Doris Hart. She shared the singles title at the Surrey Championships in 1948 with Joan Curry, was a runner-up in 1949 and won the title in 1950, defeating Quertier in the final. At the 1951 British Covered Court Championships, played on wooden courts at the Queen's Club, she was a runner-up to Susan Partridge. At the Irish Open in July 1952 she reached the final which she lost in two sets to reigning U.S. and Wimbledon