Violet_Elton

Violet Elton

Violet Elton

English badminton player

Violet Helen Strachan Elton (1889-1969) was an English badminton player. She started playing badminton in India at the age of seven. After joining a club playing at the Territorial Drill Hall in Kensington she started to come to prominence. She won five All England titles.[3] She was capped nine times by England between 1924 and 1930. Elton died on March 4, 1969, in Sidmouth.[4]

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References

  1. [1]
    "1939 Register; Reference: RG 101/6835A". The National Archives, Kew, London. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
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    "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  3. [3]
    Davis, Pat (1983). Guinness Book of Badminton. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-271-X.
  4. [4]
    "Violet Elton". Badminton England. Archived from the original on 16 March 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
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    "Times Archives". Oxfordshire Libraries.
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