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Angeles, before moving to New York City in 1916 to pursue business opportunities and enlarge the family fortune. One uncle was
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814:"Former British Golf Champ Helps Sink 2 Nazi U-boats"
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246:Charles Francis Sweeny
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228:Early life and family
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92:Sporting nationality
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28:Personal information
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279:Amateur golf career
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646:"Babs Finds Love?"
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948:Categories
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168:33rd: 1939
63:1911-07-25
553:debutante
548:in 1942.
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262:Wimbledon
202:socialite
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154:U.S. Open
138:T34: 1953
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