1955–56 Purdue Boilermakers men's golf team

1955–56 Purdue Boilermakers men's golf
NCAA, T–2nd
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Head coach
Seasons

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

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

  1. ^ "1957 Debris :: Debris Yearbook".
  2. ^ Shearer, John (July 19, 2011). "Bill Redding's legacy lives on". Knoxville News Sentinel. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
  3. ^ "Favorites Advance To Third Round in Junior Golf Meet". The Terre Haute Star. June 28, 1950. p. 12.
  4. ^ Humphrey, David (June 23, 2014). Anderson. ISBN 9781439645826.
  5. ^ "Year-By-Year Golf Roster". www.purduesports.com. Archived from the original on January 4, 2011. Retrieved May 22, 2022.
  6. ^ "2010-11 Purdue Men's Golf Information Guide" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 30, 2016.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ Bartlett, Charles (May 27, 1956). "Purdue's Campbell Wins Big 10 Golf Title with 281". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved December 30, 2016.[dead link‍]