A tennis linesman got killed when a player hit a serve to his balls
Richard “Dick” Wertheim (c. 1923 – September 15, 1983) was an American tennis linesman who suffered a fatal injury on September 10, 1983 during a match at the 1983 US Open. Wertheim’s fatal injury occurred after Stefan Edberg sent an errant serve directly into his groin. The official had been sitting in a chair and […]