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While the originator of jersey numbers in ice hockey is disputed, the NHA is commonly cited as the first to use them, requiring players wear numbered armbands beginning with the 1911–12 season. [29] The championship trophy of the NHA was the O'Brien Cup, made of solid silver, donated by the O'Brien family. It survived as the championship ...
The company was founded by the late Robert H. Dedman, Sr. (1926-2002) as Country Club, Inc., later renamed ClubCorp. [3] [4] His son, Robert H. Dedman, Jr., became president in 1989 and CEO in 1998. [5] His daughter, Patty Dedman Dietz, was previously on its board of directors. [5] In 2002, its CEO was John A. Beckert. [6]
[7] [8] The Brookline Country Club was founded in 1882 and is esteemed to be the nation’s first by the Encyclopaedia of American Urban History. [1] By 1907, country clubs were claimed to be “the very essence of American upper-class.” [ 5 ] The number of country clubs increased greatly with industrialization, the rise in incomes, and ...
Several private members' clubs for women were established in the late 19th century; among them the Alexandra Club, [2] the Ladies' Institute, the Ladies' Athenaeum and the University Women's Club. Many of the traditional gentlemen's clubs now allow women as members, though a few, including - until May 2024 - the Garrick Club in London's Covent ...
The Ottawa Senators, pictured in 1914–15, became a charter member of the National Hockey League. In the 1916–17 season, the NHA was facing numerous problems.The Quebec Bulldogs were in financial difficulty, [10] while the league's most popular team, the Toronto 228th Battalion, was called away to fight in World War I. [11] Several of the league's team owners were growing frustrated with ...
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Carolina Country Club was founded as Raleigh Country Club on April 15, 1910 (not to be confused with the club of the same name founded in 1948), when a certificate of incorporation was filed with the North Carolina Secretary of State.
Golf architect Gil Hanse brought the Los Angeles Country Club course closer to the original design of George C. Thomas in a restoration ahead of the U.S. Open.