

By some accounts, Chester committed suicide in front of him, which some (including Hogan biographer James Dodson) have cited as the cause of his introverted personality in later years. When Hogan was nine years old in 1922, his father Chester committed suicide with a self-inflicted gunshot at the family home. His father was a blacksmith and the family lived ten miles (16 km) southwest in Dublin until 1921, when they moved seventy miles (110 km) northeast to Fort Worth. Hogan was born in Stephenville, Texas, the third and youngest child of Chester and Clara (Williams) Hogan.


Best results in major championships (wins: 9)Īssociated Press Male Athlete of the Year
