Dale Morey
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Dale E. Morey (December 1, 1918 – May 14, 2002) was an American amateur
Anderson Duffey Packers during the 1946–47 season.[1] In golf, he won 261 tournaments and made nine holes-in-one in his career.[2][3]
Basketball career
Morey played college basketball at
Anderson Duffey Packers in the National Basketball League, and in 1947–48 he played for the Louisville Colonels in the Professional Basketball League of America.[1][2]
Golf career
Morey had a long amateur golf career. He turned professional for a time, but later had his amateur status reinstated. He played college golf at LSU where he was a three-time
U.S. Amateur, held at the Oklahoma City Golf & Country Club, losing on the final hole. Morey courageously rallied by winning the 16th and 17th holes with successive birdies to tie the match, however he found a greenside bunker at the 18th hole and blasted out 15 feet from the pin. Littler sank a 20-foot birdie putt to win.[7]
He played on the winning
U.S. Senior Amateur twice, 1974 and 1978, and finishing runner-up in 1981. He also won the U.S. Senior Golf Association Championship three times, the American Seniors five times, as well as the International Seniors and the British Senior Amateur.[2] He also held executive positions in several golf associations including the Indiana Golf Association, Carolinas Golf Association, and Southern Golf Association.[2][6]
Awards and honors
- Indiana High School Golf Hall of Fame
- Indiana Sports Hall of Fame
- Indiana Golf Hall of Fame (1966)[8]
- Southern Golf Association Hall of Fame (1979)
- North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame (1980)[10]
- North Carolina Golf Hall of Fame (1982)[9]
- North Carolina Sportswriters Hall of Fame
- 6× Golf Digest Senior Amateur of the Year (1974, 1977–1979, 1982–1983)
- Golf Digest Outstanding Senior Amateur of Decade (1970s)
- American Seniors Golf Association Distinguished Senior (1995)
Tournament wins
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U.S. national team appearances
- Americas Cup: 1954 (winners), 1965
- Walker Cup: 1955 (winners), 1965 (tied, cup retained)
- Eisenhower Trophy: 1964
References
- ^ a b c "Dale Morey NBL stats". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
- ^ a b c d e "Dale Morey: A Legend Among Amateurs". DougMorey.com. 2015. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
- ^ "Greensboro Sports Commission Hall of Fame – Dale Morey". Greensboro Sports Commission.
- ^ a b "LSU All-Decade Team Voting" (PDF). LSU sports.net. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
- ^ "Dale Morey coaching record". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
- ^ ISBN 0-87000-225-2.
- ^ "U.S. Amateur Past Champion – 1953 – Gene Littler". USGA.
- ^ a b c "Hall of Fame Members – 1966 – Dale E. Morey". Indiana Golf. Archived from the original on 2015-02-08.
- ^ a b c "Dale Morey – 1982 – Amateur Golfer". Carolinas Golf Hall of Fame.
- ^ "Dale Morey – 1980". North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame.
- ^ "Morey All-American Champion". Eugene Register-Guard. Associated Press. July 24, 1943. p. 16.
- ^ "Dale Morey Wins Southern Amateur". Tuscaloosa News. Associated Press. June 25, 1950. p. 14.
- ^ "Dale Morey Wins Title". The Miami News. Associated Press. May 3, 1964. p. 7C.
- ^ Albury, Chuck (December 6, 1975). "Dale Morey Captures Title By Seven Strokes". Palm Beach Daily News. p. 6.