The Saint and The Sinner
Reverend John Thorneycroft was the third man to ever win the Wimbledon Men's Singles. He was a devout and religious man who wasn't expecting to reach the latter stages of the Wimbledon.
He left the tournament to fulfill his religious duties and came back to to finish the tournament and eventually won against the Irishman Vere Thomas St. Leger Goold.
This Irishman, after losing mutliple times to the Reverend, was found guilty of killing a wealthy Danish woman.
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