ELEANORA SEARS, FIVE U.S OPEN DOUBLES GRAND SLAM TITLES 1911-1917 RARE ORIGINAL FULLY SIGNED BANK CHEQUE, ELEANORA RANDOLPH SEARS PERSONAL SIGNED BAN

ELEANORA SEARS, FIVE U.S OPEN DOUBLES GRAND SLAM TITLES 1911-1917 RARE ORIGINAL FULLY SIGNED BANK CHEQUE, ELEANORA RANDOLPH SEARS PERSONAL SIGNED BANK CHEQUE (SIZE 6 BY 2 3/4in.) FROM THE BOSTON OLD COLONY TRUST COMPANY, DATED FEBRUARY 1st 1934 FOR THE AMOUNT OF $90 MADE PAYABLE TO J.L. TAYLOR WHO HAS ENDORSED THE VERSO OF THE CHEQUE AS RECIPIENT. VERY NICELY SIGNED TO THE LOWER BORDER WITH FULL INK SIGNATURE BY ELEANORA SEARS (THE 5 TIME TENNIS GRAND SLAM EVENT CHAMPION 1911-1917). VERY GOOD CONDITION, FOR THIS HARD-TO-GET MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIP WINNER SIGNATURE. Eleonora Randolph Sears (September 28th 1881 – March 16th 1968) was an American tennis champion of the 1910s. In addition, she was a champion squash player, and prominent in other sports; she is considered one of the leading all-round women athletes of the first half of the 20th century. Sears was the daughter of Boston businessman Frederick Richard Sears and a granddaughter of T. Jefferson Coolidge (who was a great-grandson of Thomas Jefferson). Sears won the women's doubles at the U.S Women’s National Championships four times, including three consecutively (1915-1917). In singles, she was a finalist in 1912, where she was beaten in straight sets by Mary Browne. She teamed with Willis E Davis to take the national mixed doubles championship in 1916. She was inducted into the international Tennis Hall of Fame in 1968.