Gary Player Autograph
date: label: date made
content: ca 1964
notes: label: Description
content: Autograph of professional golfer Gary Player given to collector Ed Rowlands. Player gave the autograph along with a glove worn during the 1964 Pensacola Tourney, where he won a play-off against Arnold Palmer and Miller Barber. (1983.0347.20)
label: Description
content: With a career grand-slam, having victories in 3 Masters Tournaments. 2 PGA Championships and 3 British Open Championships and a U.S. Open title, Player’s career ranks among the best to have ever played the sport. After turning professional in 1953, the golfer, known for his fitness regimen, amassed 159 total wins, including 24 on the PGA tour.
label: Description
content: A native of South Africa, Player was often targeted by demonstrators opposed to his home country’s racist apartheid policies. Player himself became an active philanthropist, leading education efforts around the world, including the building of schools in South Africa. In 2021 he was awarded the United States Presidential Medal of Freedom.
label: Description
content: Known as “the Black Knight” for often wearing dark clothing, Player was elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1974.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Associated Place
content: South Africa
label: Associated Place
content: United States: Florida, Pensacola
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Golf
label: level of sport
content: Professional
label: Subject
content: Autographs
label: Subject
content: Apartheid
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Edwin A. Rowlands
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1983.0347.20.01
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0347.20.01
label: accession number
content: 1983.0347
objectType: label: Object Name
content: autograph, golf
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: adhesive (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 30 cm x 18 cm; 11 13/16 in x 7 1/16 in