Autograph of Golfer Chick Evans
notes: label: Description
content: Chick Evans autograph given to collector Ed Rowlands.
label: Description
content: In 1916, Golfer Charles “Chick” Evans Jr. (1890-1979) became the first amateur to win the US Amateur and US Open in the same year. Evans also won the 1910 Western Open and served on 3 Walker Cup Teams. In order to retain his amateur status, Evans used royalties owed to him to start the Evans Scholar Foundation, a scholarship fund for golf caddies.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Golf
label: level of sport
content: Professional
label: Subject
content: Autographs
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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: 1983.0347.17.01
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0347.17.01
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: 24.3 cm x 13.4 cm; 9 9/16 in x 5 1/4 in