Anyone see footage of Lew Hoad?

[TheNatural]

Has anyone seen any free footage online of Lew Hoad? I had a look on youtube and didnt see any.

His game sounds legendary when he was on from the info written at wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lew_Hoad

[chaognosis]

Look for a copy of the VHS Kings of the Court, which includes some good footage of Lew Hoad. Indeed, when he was in form he looked pretty much unstoppable - a rare combination of power and artistry. Along with Ellsworth Vines, Hoad was probably the greatest "player's player" of all time.

[Trinity TC]

Tennisone used to have a really nice .gif quite a few years ago of Lew Hoad serving. It was from the side and you could really see how far forward he tossed the ball.

There are quite a few black and white newsreel clips over here:

http://www.thoughtequity.com/

Type tennis forest hills into the search engine and the first clip on the page is of a Davis Cup doubles match with Hoad, Rex Hartwig vs Tony Trabert and Vic Seixas. Clip 1617576_031 is of the 1956 US finals where Lew Hoad lost his chance for a Grand Slam when he was upset by Ken Rosewall.

The site is kinda weird because hoad doesn't seem to bring any clips up and you can't link directly to clips.

[TheNatural]

Thanks chaognosis and Trinity TC. I had a look at those newsreels but They didn't really show much, just a few smashes in the doubles match and a couple of shots in the singles match.