Hillman Robbins

Early life Robbins was born in Memphis, Tennessee. He was the son of Hillman Robbins Sr., a clerk at the Square-D liquor store, also located in Memphis, who was shot to death by paranoid lawyer Glenn Nash on December 6, 1966.

Amateur career He played college golf at Memphis State College where he won the NCAA Championship in 1954. In 1957, while on leave from duty in the Air Force, he won the U.S. Amateur at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts, beating Bud Taylor, 5 & 4. He won several other amateur tournaments and played on the 1957 Walker Cup team.

Tournament wins 1951 Western Junior 1953 Tennessee State Amateur, Southeastern Open 1954 Southern Intercollegiate, NCAA Championship, Arkansas Open 1955 Sunnehanna Amateur, Southeastern Open 1956 North and South Amateur, Air Force Championship 1957 U.S. Amateur, All-Services Tournament

U.S. national team appearances Amateur Walker Cup: 1957 (winners) Americas Cup: 1956 (winners), 1958 (winners)