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Coburn Haskell

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Coburn Haskell

Birth
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
14 Dec 1922 (aged 53)
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
Burial
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
Plot
Section 9, Plot 031
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Inventor. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, he was an avid golfer, and with Bertram G. Work received a patent for a new modern golf ball on April 11, 1899. Haskell's and Work's ball consisted of rubber thread wrapped around a solid rubber core, which dramatically increased the popularity of golf. In 1901, he established the Haskell Golf Ball Company Ohio, which manufactured the new golf ball and shipped the product worldwide.
Inventor. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, he was an avid golfer, and with Bertram G. Work received a patent for a new modern golf ball on April 11, 1899. Haskell's and Work's ball consisted of rubber thread wrapped around a solid rubber core, which dramatically increased the popularity of golf. In 1901, he established the Haskell Golf Ball Company Ohio, which manufactured the new golf ball and shipped the product worldwide.

Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith

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  • Maintained by: Find a Grave
  • Added: Apr 25, 1998
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/1305/coburn-haskell: accessed ), memorial page for Coburn Haskell (31 Dec 1868–14 Dec 1922), Find a Grave Memorial ID 1305, citing Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.