William Alfred Wright (1936 - 2021)

Born 4 Apr 1936 in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, USA

Died 19 Feb 2021 at age 84 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA

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Biography

William Wright is Notable.

Bill Wright was an American golfer. He was the first African-American to win a USGA event.^[1]

William Alfred Wright was born in Kansas City, Missouri in 1936.^[2] He was the only child of Bob Wright and Madeline Shipman.

He died in 2021.

Sources

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Wright_(golfer)
2. ↑ Birth: "Missouri, U.S., Birth Registers, 1847-1999"
   Missouri State Archives; Jefferson City, MO, USA; Birth Index, 1920-1999
   Ancestry Record 1170 #15330705
   William Alfred Wright born on 4 Apr 1936 in Missouri, USA.

• Legacy Obituary: https://www.legacy.com/news/celebrity-deaths/bill-wright-1936-2021-first-black-golfer-to-win-a-usga-title
• The Seattle Times Obituary (His Hometown Newspaper): https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/other-sports/bill-wright-the-first-black-individual-to-win-a-usga-title-after-learning-game-in-seattle-dies-at-84
• USGA Obituary: https://www.usga.org/content/usga/home-page/articles/2021/02/remembering-bill-wright--first-black-usga-champion.html
• NY Times Obituary: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/25/sports/golf/bill-wright-dead.html (paywall)