About Oswald Kirkby
Lived 1886 – 1934 (aged 47–48). Oswald Kirkby was a golfer.
Oswald Kirkby (February 18, 1886 – February 27, 1934) was an amateur golfer. He won three New Jersey Amateurs, three Metropolitan Amateurs, the 1911 Nassau Invitational, and the 1921 Garden City Club Invitational. He was one of the six golfers to be assigned no handicap when the United States Golf Association issued its first handicap report in 1912. Kirkby died of pneumonia at Englewood Hospital on February 27, 1934.
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Who was Oswald Kirkby?
American amateur golfer (1886–1934)
When was Oswald Kirkby born?
Oswald Kirkby was born in 1886.
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Oswald Kirkby died in 1934.
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Oswald Kirkby was a golfer.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Oswald Kirkby. https://biography.guide/oswald-kirkby/
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