John McEnroe

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Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Modified link of Web site: International Tennis Hall of Fame - John McEnroe.	Gloria Lotha	Sep 16, 2024
	First paragraph modernization.	Encyclopaedia Britannica	Mar 25, 2024
	Anniversary information added.		Feb 12, 2024
	Add new Web site: NPR - John McEnroe grapples with his legacy as tennis' bad boy.	Gloria Lotha	Dec 27, 2023
	Add new Web site: ESPN Classic - Menace or magician?	Gloria Lotha	Jul 07, 2023
	Add new Web site: ATP World Tour - John McEnroe.	Gloria Lotha	May 03, 2018
	Replaced photograph.	Amy Tikkanen	Jan 12, 2018
	Article revised and updated.	Amy Tikkanen	Jul 12, 2017
	Add new Web site: ESPN MediaZone - Biography of John McEnroe.	Emily Rodriguez	Feb 21, 2017
	Add new Web site: International Tennis Hall of Fame - Biography of John McEnroe.	Yamini Chauhan	Apr 03, 2014
	Add new Web site: Hickoksports.com - Biography of John P. McEnroe.	Aakanksha Gaur	Jun 03, 2013
	Capitalized "Grand Slam."	Adam Augustyn	Feb 28, 2011
	Media added.	Chelsey Parrott-Sheffer	Aug 04, 2008
	Article revised and updated.	Amy Tikkanen	Jul 13, 2007
	Added new Web site: International Tennis Hall of Fame - John McEnroe.	Marco Sampaolo	Sep 05, 2006
	Added new Web site: International Tennis Hall of Fame - John McEnroe.	Marco Sampaolo	Sep 05, 2006
	Added new Web site: International Tennis Hall of Fame - John McEnroe.	Marco Sampaolo	Jul 27, 2006
	Added new Web site: International Tennis Hall of Fame - John McEnroe.	Marco Sampaolo	Jul 27, 2006
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998