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Bunny Austin

(1906-2000), Tennis player and evangelist

Henry Wilfred ('Bunny') Austin

Sitter in 18 portraits
Fred Perry's contemporary and with him the mainstay of Britain's victorious Davis Cup team from 1933 to 1936. A consistent and stylish player, Austin was a great favourite with the crowds, failing to reach the Wimbledon quarter finals only once between 1929 and 1939.

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Bunny Austin

by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, April 1926
NPG x18829

Bunny Austin

by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 30 April 1926
NPG x18830

Bunny Austin

by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 30 April 1926
NPG x18831

Bunny Austin

by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 30 April 1926
NPG x18832

Bunny Austin

by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 30 April 1926
NPG x18833

Bunny Austin; John Sheldon Olliff

by Unknown photographer
gelatin silver print, 1929
NPG x198579

Bunny Austin

by Bassano Ltd
vintage print, 20 June 1931
NPG x20450

Bunny Austin

by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 20 June 1931
NPG x21805

Bunny Austin

by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 20 June 1931
NPG x21806

Bunny Austin

by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 20 June 1931
NPG x21807

Bunny Austin

by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 20 June 1931
NPG x21808

Phyllis Konstam; Bunny Austin

by Paul Tanqueray
vintage bromide print, 1931
NPG x17232

Bunny Austin

by Edward Malindine
bromide print from original negative on card mount, 29 June 1933
NPG x74751

Bunny Austin; Alfred Wolmark

by Wide World Photos
bromide press print, 1938
NPG x27967

Phyllis Konstam and Bunny Austin leaving Victoria Station for the Riviera

by Reg Sayers, for Daily Herald
modern bromide print from original negative, 16 January 1938
NPG x135033

Henry Wilfred ('Bunny') Austin

issued by Godfrey Phillips
colour relief halftone cigarette card, 1935
NPG D49054

Henry Wilfred ('Bunny') Austin

issued by John Player & Sons
colour relief halftone cigarette card, 1936
NPG D47328

Henry Wilfred ('Bunny') Austin

issued by W.D. & H.O. Wills
relief halftone cigarette card, 1937
NPG D49231

Related People

Phyllis Konstam (wife)
Joan Lycett (née Austin, later Mrs Donald Baker) (sister)

Groups

Tennis players

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