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dnp '' ` won '' ' : 1933 1 2 goodman -- 1970 -rrb- -lrb- 1910 -- 2002 -rrb- -lrb- m. 1938 t9 : 1934 1 1960 43rd : 1936 '' ` won '' ' : 1933 johnny goodman
 johnny goodman '' ` won '' ' : 1937
johnny goodman

john george goodman -lrb- december 28 , 1909 -- august 8 , 1970 -rrb- was the last amateur golfer to win the u.s. open , in 1933 , and also won the u.s. amateur in 1937 .
born to lithuanian immigrants in south omaha , nebraska , goodman was orphaned at the age of 14 .
his mother died when he was 11 , after giving birth to her 13th child , and his father later abandoned the family .
goodman became a caddy at the field club in omaha , and while a student at omaha south high school , he won the omaha city championship in 1925 ; four years later , he won the first of three consecutive nebraska amateur titles .
he won the trans-mississippi amateur three times -lrb- 1927 , 1931 , and 1935 -rrb- .
he gained national notoriety at age 19 in 1929 when he defeated bobby jones in the first round of match play competition at the u.s. amateur at pebble beach .
goodman served in the u.s. army during world war ii , and did not turn professional until 1960 ; he supported himself throughout his career by selling insurance .
a municipal golf course in southwest omaha is named for him .
