# John Egan

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Active 1896 to 1906.

## Dated facts

- by 20 October 1896: John Egan of the Jersey City Handball Club challenges James Dunne Jr. on behalf of his brother Mike Egan for the amateur championship of America Source: [The Jersey City News (Jersey City), 20 October 1896, p. 3](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn87068097/1896-10-20/ed-1/?sp=3) (OCR lines 1399-1402)
- 19 March 1904: Salt Lake Tribune (SF dispatch): Michael J. Egan, born County Galway 1878, came to America at 17, joined his brother John (owner of a Jersey City handball court), won the 1897 amateur championship of the United States Source: [The Salt Lake Tribune (Salt Lake City), 20 March 1904, p. 6](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045396/1904-03-20/ed-1/?sp=6) (OCR lines 172-176)
- 9 November 1906: Chicago's Charles Schuttler and Thomas Lee beat Oliver Drew ('the national champion') and John Egan, and Daniel Shea, in the opening tournament of the new Cincinnati gymnasium courts, called 'the greatest handball tournament ever held in this country' Source: [The Minneapolis Journal (Minneapolis), 10 November 1906, p. 8](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045366/1906-11-10/ed-1/?sp=8) (OCR lines 364-372)

## Sources

- [The Jersey City News (Jersey City), 20 October 1896, p. 3](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn87068097/1896-10-20/ed-1/?sp=3) (OCR lines 1399-1402)
- [The Salt Lake Tribune (Salt Lake City), 20 March 1904, p. 6](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045396/1904-03-20/ed-1/?sp=6) (OCR lines 172-176)
- [The Minneapolis Journal (Minneapolis), 10 November 1906, p. 8](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045366/1906-11-10/ed-1/?sp=8) (OCR lines 364-372)

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