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.
One of the greatest athletes ever produced at Cleveland Central High where he was a three-time football all-scholastic, was the city’s leading basketball scorer for three seasons and starred in track. Went on to Springfield College where he won nine letters in four sports and captained the 1922 football team. Later coached at Central High from 1923 to 1941 and at Cleveland Glenville High from 1941 to 1962.
Nicknamed “Dynie,” short for dynamite, he started his football career as captain of the West Tech Junior High team. He later played tackle for the West Tech High varsity from 1922 to 1924 and is considered one of the school’s all-time greats. Became outstanding lineman at Wisconsin University and, later, a coach there.