Byron Nelson was an American professional golfer best remembered for his extraordinary 1945 season, in which he won eleven consecutive tournaments and eighteen total, records that still stand. He retired from full-time competition relatively young and became a respected teacher and television commentator.
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Career HighlightAlthough he won many tournaments in the course of his relatively brief career, he is mostly remembered today for having won 11 consecutive tournaments and 18 total tournaments in 1945. 1 Classification
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1. Wikipedia, Byron Nelson
Wikimedia FoundationLead sentence, birth-date parenthetical
February 4, 1912
Lead sentence, death-date parenthetical
September 26, 2006
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was an American professional golfer between 1935 and 1946, widely considered one of the greatest golfers of all time
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Although he won many tournaments in the course of his relatively brief career, he is mostly remembered today for having won 11 consecutive tournaments and 18 total tournaments in 1945.
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(February 4, 1912 – September 26, 2006) was an American professional golfer between 1935 and 1946, widely considered one of the greatest golfers of all time.
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