Bill Spiller - Wikipedia
Bill Spiller (October 25, 1913 – 1988) was an American professional golfer who helped break the color barrier in the sport.
Bill Spiller: The man who broke golf’s color barrier
May 19, 2022 · Young Bill Spiller was a decorated athlete at Tulsa’s Booker T. Washington High School. He was a graduate of Wiley College, an HBCU just outside of Shreveport, La., where …
The forgotten story of the man who pushed professional golf’s integration
Dec 27, 2018 · Bill Spiller, a short, slight and stylish African American golfer, came to the Bay Area in 1948 to compete in the Richmond Open, a PGA tournament. Instead, he wound up …
A good example is Oklahoma-born Bill Spiller, who single-handedly began the effort to eliminate discrimination against African-Americans in U.S. professional tournament golf. Another view of …
Bill Spiller: The Tulsa native who helped break PGA's color barrier
May 20, 2022 · Bill Spiller, the man from Tulsa who helped break golf's color barrier in the mid-1900s. Spiller turned professional in 1947 and finished in the top 60 at the PGA-run...
Bill Spiller - African American Golfer's Digest
Oct 31, 2015 · Tishomingo native Bill Spiller fought valiantly for equal access on the PGA Tour for African-American golfers and, though he never really got to enjoy the fruits of his victory, his …
Bill Spiller, the Man who would not take “No” as an Answer
Sep 1, 2019 · By the mid-1940s, Spiller had won several black amateur tournaments in Southern California and felt ready for bigger challenges. He played against the best African American …
HE WENT DOWN SWINGING - Los Angeles Times
Feb 27, 1997 · Bill Spiller fought them night after night, front door to back. His wife was so worried he might mistake her for a golf official and shoot her, she ordered him moved to a …
Spiller, Bill - Encyclopedia.com
Champion golfer Bill Spiller was one such pioneer. Angered by the racism that had limited his life since childhood, and discouraged by his inability to overcome that racism to achieve the …
Trailblazing golfer, Bill Spiller - New York Amsterdam News
Dec 16, 2021 · “Charlie Sifford gets a lot of the credit for breaking the racial barrier, but Bill Spiller paved the way.” He was inducted into the Oklahoma Golf Hall of Fame in 2015.
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