Bill Wright (1968) - Hall of Fame - Western Washington University Athletics

Hall of Fame

One of the first participants in the Fir State junior golf program at Seattle's Jefferson Park GC in the 1950s
U.S. Amateur Public Links Champion - 1959 (an historic victory, being the first African-American to win a USGA national championship)
Competed in the U.S. Amateur Championship - 1959
Member of the Hudson Cup Team - 1959
Won the NAIA collegiate individual golf title - 1960
NAIA All-American - 1960
Former member of the PGA Tour
Competed in the 1966 U.S. Open at The Olympic Club in San Francisco
Competed in five U.S. Senior Opens
Member of the Western Washington University Athletic Hall of Fame
Enshrined in the USGA Museum in Far Hills, N.J.
"Bill Wright Day" declared by USGA, WSGA, First Tee of Greater Seattle, Fir State Junior Program and Jefferson Park GC, honoring the 50^th anniversary of his historic USGA victory - October 10, 2009
Longtime golf instructor in Los Angeles, Calif.
Inducted into Pacific Northwest Golf Hall of Fame - 2013
One of seven honored in first WWU Athletic Hall of Fame induction
In 2024, the Seattle Parks & Recreation Department renamed the Jefferson Park Golf Course the Bill Wright Golf Complex at Jefferson Park.