[2] David Drake, "The Trouble with Big Bill", The Advocate, 17 February 2004: "Twice convicted of engaging in sex with teenage boys in the late '40s, Tilden all but vanished from the public consciousness -- and died broke and alone in Hollywood at the age of 60 in 1953. Because of his proclivities, Tilden's story has proved difficult for the gay rights movement to claim."
High School: Germantown Academy, Germantown, PA
University: University of Pennsylvania (dropped out)
Winner, US Open 1913 (mixed)
Winner, US Open 1914 (mixed)
Winner, US Open 1918 (doubles)
Winner, US Open 1920 (singles)
Winner, Wimbledon 1920 (singles)
Winner, US Open 1921 (singles)
Winner, US Open 1921 (doubles)
Winner, Wimbledon 1921 (singles)
Winner, US Open 1922 (singles)
Winner, US Open 1922 (doubles)
Winner, US Open 1922 (mixed)
Winner, US Open 1923 (singles)
Winner, US Open 1923 (doubles)
Winner, US Open 1923 (mixed)
Winner, US Open 1924 (singles)
Winner, US Open 1925 (singles)
Winner, US Open 1927 (doubles)
Winner, Wimbledon 1927 (doubles)
Winner, US Open 1929 (singles)
Winner, Wimbledon 1930 (singles)
Winner, French Open 1930 (mixed)
Contributing to the Delinquency of a Minor 23-Nov-1946 (7mo prison)
Violating Probation 28-Jan-1949
International Tennis Hall of Fame 1959
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