Joe kirkwood jr biography

Reginald Thomas Kirkwood (– 7 September 2006), better known as Joe Kirkwood Jr., was a professional golfer on the PGA Tour and a film actor.
Reginald Thomas Kirkwood, better known as Joe Kirkwood Jr., was a professional golfer on the PGA Tour and a film actor.
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Joe Kirkwood Jr.

Australian-American actor and professional golfer

Joe Kirkwood Jr.
Born	Reginald Thomas Kirkwood (1920-05-30)30 May 1920 Melbourne, Australia
Died	7 September 2006(2006-09-07) (aged 86) Hesperia, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Professional golfer, actor, reporter, television host
Years active	1940–1961
Spouses	Cathy Downs (m. 1949; div. 1955) Joyce Woltz (m. 1962)
Father	Joe Kirkwood Sr.

Reginald Thomas Kirkwood (30 May 1920 – 7 September 2006), better known as Joe Kirkwood Jr., was a professional golfer on the PGA Tour and a film actor.^[1]^[2] He started going by the name Joe Jr. in the late 1930s.^[1]^[3]

Biography

Kirkwood was born in Melbourne, Australia. His father, Joe Kirkwood Sr., was a golf pro acknowledged as having put Australian golf on the world map. In 1948, father and son both made the cut at the U.S. Open, the first father and son duo to do so (a

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Best remembered as strapping comic strip boxer Joe Palooka on screen in the late 1940s and early 1950s, fair-haired, amiable-looking, exceedingly athletic Joe Kirkwood, Jr. may have been the son of renowned professional golfer and trick artist Joe Kirkwood, but he was actually born Reginald Thomas Kirkwood on May 30, 1920 in Melbourne, Australia, the second of two sons. His father eventually took young Reginald and older brother Donald to the United States to live where they settled in Philadelphia for a time before moving to Florida. Joe eventually boarded at a military academy in Georgia where he excelled in sports, including golf, tennis, swimming and boxing. It was at this juncture that he started to win sports tournaments himself and decided to bill himself "Joe Kirkwood, Jr." in honor of his famous father.

Despite his sports capabilities, Joe Jr. suffered from asthma and high blood pressure and, after joining the Army in 1943, was medically discharged 8 months into his tour of duty. A year later he joined the Royal Canadian Air Force but was released again fo

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Joe Kirkwood Jr. Autographs, Memorabilia & Collectibles

JOE KIRKWOOD JR.

Born: November 15, 1920 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Biography

Australian golferJoe Kirkwood, Jr. (b. 1920), and his father, Joe Kirkwood, Sr., became the first father and son to make the cut in the US Open (1948).

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1956-Matinee-Theatre (Performer), 1954-The-Joe-Palooka-Story (Producer), 1949-Joe-Palooka-in-the-Big-Fight (Performer), 1947-Joe-Palooka-in-the-Knockout (Performer), 1946-Night-and-Day (Performer), 1948-All-American-Swing-Stars (in person), 1958-The-Ed-Sullivan-Show (in person), 1954-1955-The-Joe-Palooka-Story (Performer), 1951-Joe-Palooka-in-Triple-Cross (Performer), 1950-Joe-Palooka-in-Humphrey-Takes-a-Chance (Performer), 1950-Joe-Palooka-Meets-Humphrey (Performer), 1948-Joe-Palooka-in-Winner-Take-All (Performer), 1946-Gentleman-Joe-Palooka (Performer), 1961-The-Marriage-Go-Round (Performer), 1950-Joe-Palooka-in-the-Squared-Circle (Performer), 1949-Joe-Palooka-in-the-Counterpunch (Performer), 1948-Joe-P