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Bobby Jones: Georgia Bar
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Anachronisms: In one shot there is a sign on a building that says "Georgia Institute of Technology". The original name of the school was the "Georgia School of Technology". The name wasn't changed until 1948, 26 years after Bobby Jones graduated. more
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Jones received The Gabriel Award and an International Film Festival Award for writing and performing Make A Joyful Noise. He and his group, New Life, were nominated for a Grammy Award in 1982 for "Best Performance by a Black Contemporary Gospel Group" for the album Soul Set Free. In 1984, he received the Gospel Music Association's (GMA) Dove Award for Black Contemporary Album of the Year, a Grammy Award for "Best Vocal Duo for a Soul/Gospel Performance" for the single; I'm So Glad I'm Standing Here Today performed with country music star Barbara Mandrell, and an NAACP Image Award. In 1990 he received the GMA's Commonwealth Award for Outstanding Contribution to Gospel Music. In 1994, Jones was nominated for the CableACE Award. He resides in Nashville, TN.
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In 1948, Jones was diagnosed with syringomyelia, a fluid-filled cavity in his spinal cord which caused first pain, then paralysis. He was eventually restricted to a wheelchair. He died in Atlanta, Georgia, in December of 1971, about a week after becoming a Catholic, and was buried in Atlanta's historic Oakland Cemetery. He became a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1974.
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At age fourteen, Jones wins the Georgia State Amateur Championship, defeating Perry Adair. He ... travels to the Merion Cricket Club near Philadelphia to become the youngest competitor in the U.S. Amateur; he loses in the third round to Bob Gardner. The next year, Jones becomes the youngest player ever to win the Southern Amateur.
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At 12, Jones won three different club championships, in one shooting a final-round 73. He won the Georgia State Amateur the next year, then played in his first U.S. Amateur, where he took the defending champion, Bob Gardner, on the 31st hole before losing.
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