ABSTRACT
In the 1976 La Jolla Junior Veteran’s Championship, California, newcomer Rene Clarke defeated top-seeded favorite Robin Harris, 6-1, 6-1. Clarke’s powerful performance, coupled with her 6’2 frame and rookie status, awed the crowds. San Diego broadcast journalist Dick Carlson was particularly impressed. He set out to air an uncontroversial piece on the local star; yet, his segment became a sensational story dissected across the US. Carlson’s research uncovered that Clarke was an alias for Renée Richards, former men’s tennis player Richard Raskind (Birrell & Cole 1990; Pieper 2012).
