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Richard 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. [1] He was injured when Stefan Edberg sent an errant serve directly into his groin. [2]
The event was marred by the death of linesman Dick Wertheim from blunt cranial trauma after an errant serve by Stefan Edberg struck his groin, causing him to fall and hit his head.
Jul 31, 2015 · Dick Wertheim was officiating the match as the center service linesman and he was sitting on a folding chair. Stefan Edberg served an ace with such a great power and it hit Wertheim’s groin. This led Wertheim fallen on the ground with an extreme collision to the hard surface of US Open tennis court.
Sep 11, 1983 · Dick Wertheimer of Lexington, Mass., 60 years old, was struck in the groin by a serve by Stefan Edberg of Sweden in the junior boys' final, then was knocked unconscious when he fell and hit his...
Feb 7, 2013 · Edberg didn't "kill" anyone. The linesman died because of the hit against the ground, not due to the violence of the ball coming off Stefan's serve. Any speculation on the weight or the speed of the balls, as you can also see in the table next to the article, is just ridiculous.
Aug 8, 2021 · New York`s highest court has refused to hear an appeal filed by the family of a tennis judge who was killed after he was struck by a ball hit by Sweden`s Stefan Edberg in the 1983 U.S. Open junior...
Edberg accidentally caused the death of linesman Dick Wertheim with an errant serve during the 1983 US Open. [6] In 1984, Edberg won his first top-level singles title in Milan. [1] .
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Sep 13, 1983 · Dick Wertheim, 61, of Lexington, Mass., was officiating last Saturday at the boys' singles final at the National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadow Park when he was hit in the groin by a shot served...
Sep 6, 1984 · The family of Richard Wertheim, the tennis umpire who died after striking his head on the ground when he was struck in the groin by a tennis ball during a match at last year's United States Open,...
Jun 10, 2007 · "Edberg was involved in a freak accident during the boys' singles final at the 1983 U.S. Open, when Richard Wertheim, a linesman, was struck in the groin by a ball struck by Edberg. Wertheim fell backwards, fracturing his skull, and died in hospital shortly thereafter."
