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Order Number	00048888
Title	Charlie Sifford
Collection ID	Herald Examiner Collection
Location/Accession	HE box 5044.
Date	1969
Physical Description	1 photograph :b&w
Notes	Used in the Exhibit: Play by Play - A Century of L.A. Sports Photography, 1889-1989
Description	Charlie Sifford and other African-American golders were denied a chance to play at most tournaments because of the PGA of America's "Caucasian only" clause. With pressure from, among others, California attorney general Stanley Mosk, the PGA finally dropped the clause in 1961, clearing the way for bandleader Billy Eckstine's former golf teacher to become the first African-American to compete fulltime on the tour. In 1969, the 46-year-old, cigar-chomping Sifford won his second PGA tourney--the L.A. Open--in a playoff over Harold Henning. Photo dated: January 13, 1969.
Subject	Sifford, Charlie,--1922-2015. Golfers. Golf. Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs. Herald-Examiner Collection photographs.
Format	Photographic prints
Reproduction Information	Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name	Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection