Nathaniel Ford Moore III (January 31, 1884 – January 9, 1910), known as Nathan or Nat, was an American
golf
Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various Golf club, clubs to hit a Golf ball, ball into a series of holes on a golf course, course in as few strokes as possible.
Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standa ...
er from Illinois who competed in the
1904 Summer Olympics
The 1904 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the III Olympiad and also known as St. Louis 1904) were an international multi-sport event held in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, from 1 July to 23 November 1904. Many events were conducted ...
. He was the son of
James Hobart Moore, a wealthy businessman with controlling interest in the
National Biscuit Company,
Continental Can,
Diamond Match Company and the
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad; and his wife
Lora Moore. He died in the Chez Shaw brothel in Chicago's
Levee district after spending much of the previous night at the
Everleigh Club
The Everleigh Club was a high-class brothel which operated in Chicago, Illinois, from February 1900 until October 1911. It was owned and operated by Ada and Minna Everleigh.
Opening
Ada Everleigh, the elder, was born in Greene County, Virginia o ...
. Drugs were suspected in his death, which led to a crackdown on brothels and morphine abuse in Chicago.
In 1904 he was part of the American Olympic golf team which won the gold medal. He finished 28th in this competition. In the
individual competition he finished 19th in the qualification and was eliminated in the second round of the match play.
See also
Golf at the 1904 Summer Olympics
At the 1904 Summer Olympics, two golf events were contested – men's individual and team tournaments. The competitions were held from September 17, 1904 to September 24, 1904. It was the second and final appearance of the sport at the Olym ...
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External links
Nathan Moore at databaseOlympics.comNathaniel Ford “Nat” Moore at FindaGrave.com
American male golfers
Amateur golfers
Golfers at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for the United States in golf
Medalists at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Golfers from Illinois
1884 births
1910 deaths
20th-century American sportsmen
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