Bill Powell, the Black Golf Pioneer Dies
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Author: thachiThe PGA of America said Powell died on Thursday at Aultman Hospital in Canton following complications from a stroke. Bill Powell, the first African American to build, own and operate a golf course has died aged 93. "Bill Powell will forever be one of golf's most unforgettable American heroes," Jim Remy, President of the PGA of America, said in a statement.
Share: "Bill made us appreciate the game and each other that much more by his gentle, yet firm example. "He was born with a fire in his heart and this enabled him to build on his dream. In the process, he made golf a beacon for people of all color. The PGA of America is better today because of individuals like Bill Powell. We will miss him dearly. We extend our thoughts and prayers to his family as we remember a wonderful man." Powell has been honoured on numerous occasions. In his whole life, he did much for the African American golf history,let's remember him forever and pray for him in a silence. a joke:Nice House After John Elway dies and enters the Pearly Gates, God takes him on a tour. He shows John a little two-bedroom house with a faded Broncos banner hanging from the front porch. "This is your house, John. Most people don't get their own houses up here," God says.
John looks at the house, then turns around and looks at the one sitting on top of the hill. It's a huge two-story mansion with white marble columns and little patios under all the windows. Wisconsin flags line both sides of the sidewalk and a huge Green Bay Packers banner hangs between the marble columns.
"Thanks for the house, God, but let me ask you a question. I get this little two-bedroom house with a faded banners and Brett Favre gets a mansion with brand new Packers banners and flags flying all over the place. Why is that?"
God looks at him seriously for a moment, then with a smile, God says, "That's not Favre's house, it's mine."
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