Fred perry tennis against nazis

[Robbo]

Just won a conversation mith my mum about Fred Perry being the last brit to win Wimbeldon.
check out the wikpedia. Nazi flag!!! Sure thats racist under the wins


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Perry

[Over Carl]

Hovered my mouse over it and the tooltop said Flag of Germany. Was that the official flag of Germany at the time or something? (Excuse me, history has never been my strongest point).

[mysterym]

Hovered my mouse over it and the tooltop said Flag of Germany. Was that the official flag of Germany at the time or something? (Excuse me, history has never been my strongest point).

Only during the war. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Germany

[pattikins]

It's a bit of a bum deal for Gottfried von Cramm to be forever associated with the Nazi flag. I've just read about his life in Wikipedia, & I love the irony of the Nazis wanting to exploit him as a blond hero figure and then his subsequent faux pas.