Jack Nicklaus Autograph
name: label: depicted (sitter); signer
content: Nicklaus, Jack
notes: label: Description
content: Autograph of golfer Jack Nicklaus attached to a card featuring an image of Nicklaus at the 1962 US Open. The Open, held at the Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, Pennsylvania, was Nicklaus's first professional win and first Open victory. The hard fought contest also began a well publicized rivalry with opponent Arnold Palmer.
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content: Golfer Jack Nicklaus (b. 1940) won 117 professional tournaments in his career, 73 coming on the PGA tour, setting a record for Major Championships with 18. The Ohio State alum known as “The Golden Bear,” is widely considered one the golf’s greatest competitors, with the six-time Masters winner, five-time PGA Tour Player of the Year and recipient of a Congressional Gold Medal also recognized as one of the greatest athletes of the 20th Century.
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content: Nicklaus's televised rivalry with fellow hall-of-famer Arnold Palmer is widely credited as a significant reason for the explosion in the popularity of golf in the United States during the 1960s.
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content: In addition to his exploits on the turf, Nicklaus has contributed to his sport by becoming a sought-after course designer. Well after his retirement, he remains of the game’s most marketable personalities, he has endorsed a plethora of merchandise such as clubs, clothing and a popular video game series.
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: 1983.0347.21.01
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0347.21.01
label: accession number
content: 1983.0347
objectType: label: Object Name
content: autograph, golf
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
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content: adhesive (overall material)
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content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 28.4 cm x 19.1 cm; 11 3/16 in x 7 1/2 in