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Francisco Olegario Segura Cano (June 20, 1921 – November 18, 2017), better known as Pancho "Segoo" Segura, was a leading tennis player of the 1940s and 1950s, both as an amateur and as a professional. He was born in Guayaquil, Ecuador, but moved to the United States in 1940.
Francisco Olegario Segura Cano ( Guayaquil, 20 de junio de 1921 - Carlsbad, 18 de noviembre de 2017), más conocido como Pancho Segura o "Segoo", fue un destacado tenista ecuatoriano de las décadas de 1940 y 1960, tanto aficionado como profesional. Nació en Guayaquil, pero se mudó a los Estados Unidos a fines de los años 1930.
20 de nov. de 2017 · El legendario tenista falleció este fin de semana a los 96 años por complicaciones que sufrió por la enfermedad de Parkinson, condición que lo afectó durante los últimos años de su vida. No ...
19 de nov. de 2017 · Nov. 19, 2017. Pancho Segura, who surmounted a sickly and impoverished childhood in Ecuador to become one of the world’s leading tennis players in the mid-20th century, died on Saturday at his...
23 de oct. de 2022 · El juego estratégico y la predicción sobre el futuro de Federer. Pancho Segura venía de una familia trabajadora pero desfavorecida. Era uno de los siete hijos del hogar. Las condiciones ...
23 de nov. de 2017 · Last modified on Tue 5 Dec 2017 11.54 EST. The Ecuadorean tennis player Pancho Segura, who has died aged 96, was possibly best known as the coach of Jimmy Connors. However, in his own right he...
The Segura family was poor and young Pancho suffered from rickets, a calcium deficiency in the bones of children that causes them to soften and weaken. In some cases, rickets causes skeletal deformities, and Segura danced about the court on thin, bowed legs. Tennis was his only real athletic option – his legs wouldn’t hold up under the ...
