Vere St. Leger Goold
Vere Thomas "St. Leger" Goold (2 October 1853 in Clonmel, County Tipperary, Ireland - 8 September 1909 Devil's Island, French Guiana penal colony) was an Irish tennis player. He quickly faded from the game and ended his life in prison convicted of murder and premature death, by suicide.
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