1955–56 Purdue Boilermakers men's golf team

1955–56 Purdue Boilermakers men's golf
Big Ten conference Champions
NCAA, T–2nd
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Head coach	Sam Voinoff

The 1955–56 Purdue Boilermakers men's golf team represented Purdue University. The head coach was Sam Voinoff, then in his seventh season with the Boilermakers. The team was a member of the Big Ten Conference. They won the Big Ten Conference championship and finished in a tie for second at the NCAA championships with North Texas. The co-captains of the team were Ed McCallum and Wayne Etherton.^[1]

Roster

Name	Year	High school	Hometown
Joe Campbell	Junior	Anderson High School	Anderson, Indiana
Art Lemon
Bill Redding	Junior		Logansport, Indiana^[2]
Wayne Etherton	Senior
Ed "Eddie" McCallum	Senior	Crawfordsville High School^[3]	Crawfordsville, Indiana
Tom Shaffer	Junior
Don Granger	Junior	Anderson High School^[4]	Anderson, Indiana

Source ^[5]^[6]

Schedule

Tennessee W, 17-10
Tennessee W, 15.5-11.5
Vanderbilt W, 15.5-11.5
Illinois W, 28-8
Michigan State W, 24-12
Detroit W, 34.5-1.5
Indiana W, 27.5-8.5
Notre Dame W, 29.5-6.5
Ohio State L, 27.5-14.5
Michigan L, 21.5-14.5
Indiana W, 29.5-6.5
Michigan W, 23-19
Ohio State L, 23-13
Northwestern W, 28.5-7.5
Ohio State W, 29-7
Michigan W, 19.5-6.5
Notre Dame W, 25-11
Detroit W, 33-3
Wisconsin W, 24-12
Northwestern W, 29.5-9.5
Illinois W, 24-12
Indiana W, 29.5-9.5
Big Ten Championships 1st of 10
NCAA Championships T-2nd of 31

Big Ten Championship results

Team Results

May 25-26, 1956 in Wilmette, Illinois and Northwestern was the host school.^[7]
1. Purdue 1,501
2. Michigan 1,508
3. Ohio State 1,509
4. Wisconsin 1,520
5. Northwestern 1,526
6. Illinois 1,549
Michigan State 1,549
Minnesota 1,549
9. Iowa 1,569
10. Indiana 1,590

Individual Results

Joe Campbell won the Big Ten Conference individual title.^[8]

Player	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Total
Joe Campbell	71	72	67	71	281
Bill Redding	76	74	77	75	303
Wayne Etherton	74	73	76	81	304
Tom Schafer	77	72	75	85	305
Don Granger	81	73	78	76	308
Ed McCallum	83	80	81	74	318

The top five player scores counted towards the championship.

References

↑ http://earchives.lib.purdue.edu/cdm/fullbrowser/collection/debris/id/42944/rv/compoundobject/cpd/43236
↑ Shearer, John (July 19, 2011). "Bill Redding's legacy lives on". Knoxville News Sentinel. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
↑ https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/9955003/
↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=_hqaAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA62&lpg=PA62&dq=Don+Granger+golf+purdue&source=bl&ots=u3nOYNnvfZ&sig=Fm5FdwtZLRP9kMBwBgUx996MUPk&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj6qIK7jZrRAhXJ6YMKHe5fDVMQ6AEIODAF#v=onepage&q=Don%20Granger%20golf%20purdue&f=false
↑ http://www.purduesports.com/sports/m-golf/archive/pur-m-golf-yrbyyroster.html
↑ http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/pur/sports/m-golf/auto_pdf/2010-11MensGolfInfoGuide.pdf
↑ "Big Ten Conference Men's Golf Record Book" (PDF). Big Ten Conference. 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 27, 2016. Retrieved December 27, 2016.
↑ Bartlett, Charles (May 27, 1956). "Purdue's Campbell Wins Big 10 Golf Title with 281". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved December 30, 2016.

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