Lee Trevino Autograph
name: label: depicted (sitter); signer
content: Trevino, Lee
notes: label: Description
content: Lee Trevino autograph from the collection of Ed Rowlands. Rowlands mounted the signature atop a 1968 <i>Sports Illustrated </i> magazine cover.
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, serving 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
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: Latino
label: Subject
content: Mexican Americans
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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: 1983.0347.18.01
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0347.18.01
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: 29.4 cm x 20.5 cm; 11 9/16 in x 8 1/16 in