A ten-time qualifier for the National Open and Amateur Championships, he won his first major title, the Ohio Amateur Championship, in 1940. Was gold medalist and U.S. team captain at 1967 Maccabiah Games in Israel. Other titles included Cleveland District Golf Association Amateur Championship in 1950, Ohio Pre-Seniors in 1964, North-South Senior Four Ball in 1972 and Great Lakes Senior Golf Association Championship in 1974 and 1975.
One of the first fine amateur golfers produced in Cleveland area. Won the Ohio Amateur Championship in 1908, 1910 and 1914. Also won Cleveland Amateur Championship three times. Qualified for the National Amateur Championship three times. Qualified for the National Amateur Championships on several occasions, the first time in 1907. Known during a career which began in 1907 and ended in 1918 as the Prince of Golfdom.
First Clevelander ever named to the U.S. Walker Cup Team (1951). Ranked sixth among U.S. amateur golfers that year. Twice won the Ohio Amateur championship (1948-50) and was quarter-finalist in the 1949 U.S. Amateur Championships. Won his first major local title at the age of 19 when he captured the Cleveland District Golf Association Junior Championship in 1940.
Winner of 1946 Masters Championship at Augusta, Georgia, his professional career spanned two decades from 1940 through 1960. Among other tournaments he won were the Sierberling, Akron and Ohio Opens. Served as head professional at Akron’s famed Firestone Country Club for many years and won recognition as one of the game’s most competent instructors.
Winner of back-to-back PGA titles in 1936 and 1937, a feat no golfer matched in the succeeding 40 years. Won the British Open championship in 1933, was runner-up in the 1941 U.S. Open and played for U.S. Ryder Cup Teams in 1931, ’33, ’35 and ’37. Won two Cleveland District and Ohio Open championships and five Akron Open titles. Career covered era from 1930 to 1970. Elected to PGA Golf Hall of Fame in 1957.
Fine all-around star for Cleveland West tech High in 1920, ’21 and ’22, he continued his career at Ohio State University, lettering in football, basketball and baseball for three seasons and captaining the 1926 Buckeye football team. As backfield coach at Texas A & M he was credited with developing All-American John Kimbrough. A pro baseball player briefly, he became head baseball coach at Ohio State in 1951 and produced an NCAA championship nine in 1966.
Ranked among the best athletes to come out of Cleveland West High, he starred in football, basketball and track there, twice winning the state high hurdle championships (1934 and 1935). Excelled in football on the University of Michigan team quarterbacked by Tom Harmon, was Big Ten high hurdles champion in track and was good enough in baseball to be signed to a pro contract by Washington. Was lost in action in World War II.
An all-scholastic lineman at Cleveland East Tech High in 1922 and 1923, he was hailed as one of the finest high school prospects of his time to come out of the Cleveland area. Went to Iowa State University where he collapsed and died in his first collegiate game.
An All-American halfback at the University of Notre Dame in 1943, he was called “the best back I ever coached” by storied Head Coach Frank Leahy. Had punting average of 49.2 yards as a sophomore, rushed for 5.9-yard average as a junior. Was a #1 pro football draft choice, but passed up the game to attend law school at Yale University. Was seventh member of famed family to play for the Fighting Irish.
A three-year all-scholastic football star at Cleveland South High, he an All-American center for Ohio State University in 1935, playing in only one losing game in three years for the Buckeyes. Became head football coach and athletic director at Oklahoma University in 1964 after 16 years as line coach, during which he produced 16 All-Americans. Also coached at John Carroll, Ohio State and Nebraska Universities.