Bill Wright
Franklin High School 1954
Golf, Basketball
SPS High School Athletic Hall of Fame • Seattle WA
High School
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All-City and All-State forward who led the Quakers to win their first state basketball title
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Became Seattle’s Junior golf champion within a year of learning golf
College
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Excelled in golf and basketball at Western Washington State College (now University)
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Won the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Collegiate Individual Golf
Championship in 1960
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Named NAIA All-American senior year
Professional
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In his first United States Golf Association (USGA) competition, he became the First African American
golfer to win a USGA title - the 1959 US Amateur Public Links
Championship
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Played in the 1966 US Open and qualified for five US Senior Opens
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Former member of the PGA Tour
Other
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Taught with Los Angeles City Schools for nine years
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Inducted into the Western Washington University, African American
Golfers, PGA Southern California Section and Pacific Northwest
Golf Association Halls of Fame