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E. Lilyan Spencer

1906–1957

United States

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Eldis Lilyan Spencer (December 16, 1906 – January 24, 1957) was an American tennis player, basketball coach, teacher and school administrator from the Villa Mitchell neighborhood of Tallahassee, Florida. Spencer blazed trails as a tennis player, winning multiple Florida Tennis Association matches throughout the 1930s. She won the women's doubles national championship title at the 1937 American Tennis Association Nationals tournament, held at Tuskegee Institute.

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