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David Barclay was an American amateur golfer in the 1940s.

Career

Barclay was a native of Rockford, Illinois. In 1938, he helped lead Rockford High School"s golf team to a tie for third place in Illinois. In 1941, he enlisted in the United States. Army Air Corps and flew 54 combat missions as a bomber navigator during World World War World War II

After being discharged from the military, Barclay enrolled at the While attending Michigan, he played on the Michigan Wolverines golf team

He finished tied for eighth place in the 1946 National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament.

The following year, the National Collegiate Athletic Association"s intercollegiate golf tournament was held at the Golf Course in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Barclay was inducted into the Athletic Hall of Honor in 1987.

Barclay moved to Mayfield, Kentucky, in 1951. He lived there until his death in 2009.

Foreign more than 30 years, he was an employee of Union Carbide at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant, producing enriched uranium to fuel nuclear reactors and for use in nuclear weapons.

He became the head of the finance and materials division. He retired in 1983 and died in 2009.

Achievements

  • He played for the Michigan Wolverines golf team and won the 50th annual National Collegiate Athletic Association intercollegiate golf championship held in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in June 1947. He defeated Louisiana State University"s Jack Coyle in the championship match to become the 1947 National Collegiate Athletic Association golf champion. Barclay was the third Michigan Wolverines golfer to win the National Collegiate Athletic Association championship, following John Fischer (1932) and Chuck Kocsis (1936). Number Michigan golfer has achieved the feat since then