Golf Cap worn by Lee Trevino
date: label: Date made
content: ca 1978
name: label: maker
content: Texace
label: maker
content: Texace
notes: label: Description
content: Golf cap with "Super Mex" logo, worn and autographed by Lee Trevino.
label: Description
content: A Texas native of Mexican descent, Hall-of-Fame professional golfer Lee Trevino finished his career with 92 professional wins, including 29 PGA championships and 6 Major victories. In 1971, the affable linksman attained golf’s first “triple crown,” winning three national championships in a single season. He represented the United States in the Ryder Cup six times and served as captain in 1985. Embracing his nickname of “Super-Mex,” Trevino ascended into one of golf’s greatest players during a period when the sport was embracing a new, diverse television audience
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Japan
topic: label: name of sport
content: Golf
label: level of sport
content: Professional
label: web subject
content: Sports
label: Subject
content: Latino
label: Subject
content: Mexican Americans
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Lee Trevino
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.0626.01
label: accession number
content: 1979.0626
label: catalog number
content: 1979.0626.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Glove
label: Object Name
content: cap, golf
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric, canvas (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 1/2 in x 7 1/2 in x 4 1/2 in; 26.67 cm x 19.05 cm x 11.43 cm