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 With Jean Quertier she won the doubles title at the Italian Championships in Rome in 1950, defeating Betty Hilton and Kay Tuckey in the final in three sets. Walker-Smith won the South of England Championships grass court tournament in Eastbourne four times; in 1948 and from 1950 until 1952. On all four occasions she played the final against a compatriot and won in straight sets. She defeated Anne-Marie Seghers in April 1950 to win the singes title at the Monte Carlo Championships. In April 1951 she was singles runner-up to Quertier on the clay courts of the Roehampton tournament and