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Personal information | |
Full name | William Dinwoodie Ackland-Horman |
Born | Adelaide, South Australia | 4 January 1914
Died | 19 November 1979 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | (aged 65)
Sporting nationality | ![]() |
Career | |
Status | Amateur |
William Dinwoodie Ackland-Horman (4 January 1914 – 19 November 1979) was an Australian amateur golfer. He won the 1949 Australian Amateur, becoming the first South Australian-born player to win the title.
Ackland-Horman was born in Adelaide on 4 January 1914. He was the son of William Dinwoodie Ackland-Horman, who was born in Scotland and was an engineer and surveyor for Lloyd's Register of Shipping. [1] [2] Ackland-Horman was medical doctor. [2]
Ackland-Horman first came to notice in 1933 when he lost to Fergus McMahon in a playoff for the South Australian Close Championship and then won the South Australian Amateur Championship, beating Bill Rymill 4&3 in the final. [3] [4] He won the Australian Universities championship four times in succession, from 1936 to 1939. [5]
After World War II, Ackland-Horman won the South Australian Close Championship three times, in 1946, 1947 and 1949. [6] [7] [8] His biggest success came later in 1949, at Royal Sydney, when he beat Bill Edgar at the 38th hole to win the Australian Amateur, becoming the first South Australian-born player to win the title. [9] He had beaten fellow South Australian Bob Stevens in the semi-final. [10]
At the end of 1952 Ackland-Horman was in the Australian team to tour New Zealand, playing in a number of events including the Sloan Morpeth Trophy. [11] He won the South Australian Amateur Championship again, in 1952 and 1955. [12]
In 1945 Ackland-Horman was sentenced to three months in prison, after he was convicted of causing death by dangerous driver. He was involved in an accident in which a 16-year-old cyclist died. [13] His only son and his son's wife died in a road-traffic accident in 1968, when their car was in a collision with a semi-trailer as they were returning to Adelaide from their honeymoon. [14] Ackland-Horman died suddenly on 19 November 1979, in Melbourne where he had been attending the Australian Open. [15]
Bill Ackland-Horman | |
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Personal information | |
Full name | William Dinwoodie Ackland-Horman |
Born | Adelaide, South Australia | 4 January 1914
Died | 19 November 1979 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | (aged 65)
Sporting nationality | ![]() |
Career | |
Status | Amateur |
William Dinwoodie Ackland-Horman (4 January 1914 – 19 November 1979) was an Australian amateur golfer. He won the 1949 Australian Amateur, becoming the first South Australian-born player to win the title.
Ackland-Horman was born in Adelaide on 4 January 1914. He was the son of William Dinwoodie Ackland-Horman, who was born in Scotland and was an engineer and surveyor for Lloyd's Register of Shipping. [1] [2] Ackland-Horman was medical doctor. [2]
Ackland-Horman first came to notice in 1933 when he lost to Fergus McMahon in a playoff for the South Australian Close Championship and then won the South Australian Amateur Championship, beating Bill Rymill 4&3 in the final. [3] [4] He won the Australian Universities championship four times in succession, from 1936 to 1939. [5]
After World War II, Ackland-Horman won the South Australian Close Championship three times, in 1946, 1947 and 1949. [6] [7] [8] His biggest success came later in 1949, at Royal Sydney, when he beat Bill Edgar at the 38th hole to win the Australian Amateur, becoming the first South Australian-born player to win the title. [9] He had beaten fellow South Australian Bob Stevens in the semi-final. [10]
At the end of 1952 Ackland-Horman was in the Australian team to tour New Zealand, playing in a number of events including the Sloan Morpeth Trophy. [11] He won the South Australian Amateur Championship again, in 1952 and 1955. [12]
In 1945 Ackland-Horman was sentenced to three months in prison, after he was convicted of causing death by dangerous driver. He was involved in an accident in which a 16-year-old cyclist died. [13] His only son and his son's wife died in a road-traffic accident in 1968, when their car was in a collision with a semi-trailer as they were returning to Adelaide from their honeymoon. [14] Ackland-Horman died suddenly on 19 November 1979, in Melbourne where he had been attending the Australian Open. [15]