Nathaniel Ford Moore III (January 31, 1884 – January 9, 1910), known as Nathan or Nat, was an American

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er who competed in the

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. He was the son of James Hobart Moore, a wealthy businessman with controlling interest in National Biscuit Company, Continental Can, Diamond Match and the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad; and his wife Lora Moore. He died of natural causes in the Chez Shaw brothel in Chicago's Levee district after spending much of the previous night at the

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. He was born in

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. 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.

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References

* Abbott, Karen (2007) Sin in the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America's Soul. New York: Random House

External links

Nathan Moore at databaseOlympics.com

Nathaniel 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 {{US-golf-bio-stub