User:Djensen409/Chet Murphy tennis

Chet Murphy was born in Chicago, Illinois on November 15, 1917. He attended Tilden High School with his twin brother, Bill. They were basketball players and were coached in Tennis by Bill Parkhill. They were ball boys for Bill Tilden when he played an exhibition in Chicago. Tilden encouraged the twins to concentrate on tennis. After high school they entered the University of Chicago. They were undefeated in Bid Ten Doubles competition for three years(1937-1939. In 1938 and 1939 they won the Big Ten Conference Doubles Championship. Also in 1939, Chet won the Big Ten Conference Singles Championship and was runnerup in the NCAA Singles Championship to Frank Guernsey.  He and Bill lost in the NCAA Doubles Championship to Doug Imhoff and Bob Peacock of University of California-Berkeley.  During that summer they lost to Bobby Riggs and Elwood Cooke in five sets at Southampton and beat Riggs and Bitsy Grant at Seabright.  They were ranked No. 9 in the United States.

After the summer of 1939, Chet enrolled at George Williams College and obtained a Masters Degree in Physical Education. Next he spent four years as a Navy aviator in World War II. He did see any battle action. After the war Chet began teaching tennis and basketball in high schools. When his brother Bill was named Head Tennis coach at the University of Michigan, Chet moved to Ann Arbor and pursued a Doctorate degree in Physical Education. While attending classes, Chet found time to coach the Mens Tennis team at the University of Detroit. Upon obtained his Doctorate, Chet accepted a position as Head Tennis coach/Associate Professor at the University of Minnesota. He was there for three years before accepting a position at the University of California-Berkely as Head Tennis CoachAssistant Professor. Chet transferred to California because he had taken a summer job at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs as Director of Tennis. He remained there for 35 years. He was tennis coach at Berkeley for 10 years and his teams were among the strongest in the country. His best players were Bill Hoogs and Jim Mc Manus. After 10 years he was offered a full Professorship in Physical Education at Berkeley and gave up his tennis position. he retired in 1983.

During his career in tennis he and Bill wrote many books on tennis, such as: Advanced Tennis, Tennis for Thinking Players, Tennis for the Player, Teacher, and Coach, Tested Tennis Tips, Championship Tennis Drills, and Progressins in Teaching. In addition, Chet published more then 50 instructional articles on Tennis. he is often referred to as the Specialist for "teaching the teachers". In 1972, Chet and Bill received the USTA's Educational Service Award.