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1955–56 Purdue Boilermakers Men's Golf Team
The 1955–56 Purdue Boilermakers men's golf team represented Purdue University. The head coach was Sam Voinoff, then in his seventh season with the Boilermakers. The team was a member of the Big Ten Conference. They won the Big Ten Conference championship and finished in a tie for second at the NCAA championships with North Texas. The co-captains of the team were Ed McCallum and Wayne Etherton. Roster *Source Schedule *Tennessee W, 17–10 *Tennessee W, 15.5–11.5 *Vanderbilt W, 15.5–11.5 *Illinois W, 28–8 *Michigan State W, 24–12 *Detroit W, 34.5–1.5 *Indiana W, 27.5–8.5 *Notre Dame W, 29.5–6.5 *Ohio State L, 27.5–14.5 *Michigan L, 21.5–14.5 *Indiana W, 29.5–6.5 *Michigan W, 23–19 *Ohio State L, 23–13 *Northwestern W, 28.5–7.5 *Ohio State W, 29–7 *Michigan W, 19.5–6.5 *Notre Dame W, 25–11 *Detroit W, 33–3 *Wisconsin W, 24–12 *Northwestern W, 29.5–9.5 *Illinois W, 24–12 *Indiana W, 29.5–9.5 * Big Ten Championships, 1st of 10 *NCAA C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Voinoff
Samuel Voinoff (February 22, 1907 – November 17, 1989) was an American college football and golf coach at Purdue University. He coached Purdue to 10 Big Ten titles and one NCAA national championship in golf. He was the president of the Golf Coaches Association of America from 1962–64 and 1970–71. He is a 1995 Boilermaker Hall of Fame inductee. Head coaching record References {{DEFAULTSORT:Voinoff, Sam 1907 births 1989 deaths Purdue Boilermakers football coaches Purdue Boilermakers football players Purdue Boilermakers men's golf coaches People from Sullivan County, Indiana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1956 Big Ten Conference Men's Golf Championship
The 1956 Big Ten Conference Men's Golf Championship was held on May 25–26, 1956 in Wilmette, Illinois Wilmette is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. Bordering Lake Michigan, Kenilworth, Winnetka, Skokie, Northfield, Glenview, and Evanston, Illinois, it is located north of Chicago's downtown district. Wilmette had a populatio ... and Northwestern was the host school. The team champion was Purdue with a score of 1,501 and the individual champion was Joe Campbell of Purdue who shot a 281. Team results Individual results Purdue Joe Campbell won the Big Ten Conference individual title. The top five player scores counted towards the championship. Round summaries The 1956 Big Ten Championship was played over two days with two 18-hole rounds played on each day, for a total of 72 holes. First round ''Friday, May 25, 1955'' Second round ''Friday, May 25, 1955'' Third round ''Saturday, May 26, 1955'' Final round ''Saturday, May 26, 1955'' References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Purdue University
Purdue University is a Public university#United States, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in West Lafayette, Indiana, United States, and the flagship campus of the Purdue University system. The university was founded in 1869 after Lafayette, Indiana, Lafayette businessman John Purdue donated land and money to establish a college of science, technology, and agriculture; the first classes were held on September 16, 1874. Purdue University is a member of the Association of American Universities and is Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity". Purdue enrolls the largest student body of any individual university campus in Indiana, as well as the ninth-largest foreign student population of any university in the United States. The university is home to the oldest computer science Purdue University Department of Computer Science, program in the United States. Pur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Ten Conference
The Big Ten Conference (stylized B1G, formerly the Western Conference and the Big Nine Conference, among others) is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference in the United States. Founded as the Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representatives in 1896, it predates the founding of its regulating organization, the NCAA; it is the oldest NCAA Division I conference in the country. It is based in the Chicago area in Rosemont, Illinois. For many decades the conference consisted of ten prominent universities, which accounts for its name. On August 2, 2024, the conference expanded to 18 member institutions and 2 affiliate institutions. The conference competes in the NCAA Division I and its College football, football teams compete in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), formerly known as Division I-A, the highest level of NCAA competition in that sport. Big Ten member institutions are major research universities with large ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Campbell (golfer)
Joseph Edward Campbell (November 5, 1935 – November 27, 2024) was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the late 1950s and 1960s. Early life Campbell was born in Anderson, Indiana, where he attended Anderson High School – leading the Indians to IHSAA state titles in 1952 and 1953; winning the individual championships in both years. Amateur career Campbell attended Purdue University, where he was a member of the golf team as well as a co-captain of the basketball team. He won the 1955 NCAA Championship as Purdue finished 2nd in the team standings, he was also the 1956 and 1957 Big Ten Conference Champion and led Purdue to the 1955 and 1956 Big Ten Team Championships. During his amateur career, he won the Indiana Amateur three times, the Indiana Open twice, and the Sunnehanna Amateur in 1957. His best finish in a major championship, which came during his amateur career, was T-22 at the 1957 U.S. Open. He was also a member of the United States' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anderson High School (Anderson, Indiana)
Anderson High School is a public high school located in Anderson, Indiana. The school's students are known as "The Anderson Indians." Both the school and the city of Anderson, Indiana are named after Chief William Anderson, the leader of the Unalatchgo Lenape people from 1806 to 1831. It is a part of the Anderson Community School Corporation. The majority of Anderson is in the school district. The district also includes Country Club Heights, Indiana, Country Club Heights, Edgewood, Indiana, Edgewood, River Forest, Indiana, River Forest, Woodlawn Heights, Indiana, Woodlawn Heights, and the majority of Chesterfield, Indiana, Chesterfield. Athletics Anderson currently competes in and was a founding member of the North Central Conference (Indiana), North Central Conference. From 1961 until 2011 the basketball teams played in Anderson's historic Anderson High School Wigwam, Wigwam which had a seating capacity of 8,996. Notable alumni * Melvin E. Biddle, United States Army Medal of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anderson, Indiana
Anderson is a city in and the county seat of Madison County, Indiana, United States. The population was 54,788 at the 2020 census. It is named after Chief William Anderson. The city is the headquarters of the Church of God and its Anderson University. Highlights of the city include the historic Paramount Theatre and the Gruenewald House. History Prior to the organization of Madison County, William Conner entered the land upon which Anderson is located. Conner later sold the ground to John and Sarah Berry, who donated of their land to Madison County on the condition that the county seat be moved from Pendleton to Anderson. John Berry laid out the first plat of Anderson on November 7, 1827. In 1828 the seat of justice was moved from Pendleton to Anderson. The city is named for Chief William "Adam" Anderson, whose mother was Lenape and whose father was of Swedish descent. Chief Anderson's name in Lenape was ''Kikthawenund'', meaning "creaking boughs". The Lenape village ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Logansport, Indiana
Logansport is a city in and the county seat of Cass County, Indiana, United States. The population was 18,366 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. Logansport is located in northern Indiana at the junction of the Wabash River, Wabash and Eel River (Wabash River), Eel rivers, northwest of Kokomo, Indiana, Kokomo. History Logansport was settled and named after a Shawnee warrior named James Logan, better known as "Captain Logan," who served as a scout for U.S. forces in the surrounding area during the War of 1812. Logansport is home to a refurbished Spencer Park Dentzel Carousel, Dentzel Carousel. Of many carousels built by the Dentzel Carousel Company, the refurbished Spencer Park Dentzel Carousel, Dentzel Carousel is "one of the three earliest Dentzel menagerie carousels that are virtually intact". The carousel resides in Riverside Park on the banks of the Eel River. Riders may attempt to grab a brass ring while riding, this carousel game serves as the current basis for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crawfordsville Senior High School
Old Crawfordsville High School is a former public high school erected in 1910 on East Jefferson Street in Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana. It was a part of the Crawfordsville Community Schools. The old building was expanded in 1914, 1921, and 1941 to provide additional classrooms, an auditorium, and a gymnasium. A new Crawfordsville High School facility opened at One Athenian Drive in 1993. In 2000 the old school building was converted to a multi-use facility of offices, residential housing, and a fitness center. The former high school building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. The former high school became a senior living facility and in 2019 was converted into 99 apartment units called The Laurel Flats. History The Old Crawfordsville High School was located on East Jefferson Street in Crawfordsville, the seat of government for Montgomery County, Indiana. It served as the town's high school from 1911 to 1993. The building was converted t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crawfordsville, Indiana
Crawfordsville () is a city in Montgomery County, Indiana, Montgomery County in west central Indiana, United States, west by northwest of Indianapolis. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the city had a population of 16,306. The city is the county seat of Montgomery County, the only chartered city and the largest populated place in the county. It is the principal city of the Crawfordsville, IN Micropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Montgomery County. The city is also part of the Indianapolis metropolitan area, Indianapolis–Carmel–Muncie, IN Combined Statistical Area. The city was founded in 1823 on the bank of Sugar Creek (Wabash River), Sugar Creek, a southern tributary of the Wabash River and named for U.S. Treasury Secretary William H. Crawford. The city is home to Wabash College, a private liberal arts Men's colleges in the United States, men's college, and the General Lew Wallace Study, General Lew Wallace Study & Museum, a List of Nationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
