Since June is Pride Month I wanted to talk about a tennis player that really no one talks about Gottfried von Cramm. He played in the 30s for Germany and Hitler tried to use him as an example of Aryan superiority but he never supported the Nazis. He would win the French Open twice in the 30s but would be arrested by the German government for being a homosexual and having an affair with a Jewish man. He was so popular at that time that Don Budge and the King of Sweden had sent letters to Hitler to let him go and he was released after 6 months in prison. Just pretty crazy to think about he was that popular in Germany that during the time Nazis were in power he could admit to having an affair with a Jewish man and not get killed. He would make the Wimbledon finals and the US Open finals a bunch of times but would never win those. There's also a story how Hitler called him before his Davis Cup finals match and said his life depended on the match.
I found it a super interesting story you can check out his wiki page here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gottfried_von_Cramm
Here is also a Vice article that summarizes his story much better than me lol
https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/a...mbledon-forgot