Nathaniel "Iron Man" Avery

Following Palmer's first win (and expected lunch with then-President Dwight D. Eisenhower

Avery and Palmer's last tournament together was in 1968, and Palmer lost touch with Avery over time. By 1974, the AP found Avery "sad" and "lonely" in Augusta, Avery also often spent winters in New York with relatives, and was briefly incarcerated in Richmond County Jail. In 2017, together with Avery's family and the Palmer Company, Avery's grave at Southview Cemetery in Augusta was finally marked with a headstone.