Graduated Los Angeles High School, from there attended and graduated UCLA in 1926 with a degree in architecture. Lettered at UCLA 1923-1925, was the team football captain in 1924 and played either guard or tackle. 1924 1st semester at UCLA was in the architectural society, 1927 swimming coach at UCLA, 1927-1928 gymnastics coach and 1938 assistant football coach. In 1940 football scout for UCLA under head coach Babe Horrell and was also the coach of wrestling at UCLA. Earned his Doctorate Degree in Physical Education about 1940 at Stanford University. In 1935 the City Of Santa Monica hired him to teach gymnastics at Muscle Beach. Inducted into UCLA Athletics Hall Of Fame in 1984 as a football scout, gymnastics and wrestling coach. He was a professor at UCLA in physical education and recreation. Was a member of the National Golf Foundation. Cecil designed the Alondra Park Golf Course In Lawndale, California (including the par 3 course) with groundbreaking on 3/23/1949 for the regulation course listed at 7,460 yards and opened about October 6, 1950. Cecil's partner was Gomer "Potlikker" Sims, who was a co-owner of the Sports Club Cocktail Bar in Los Angeles. The course was on a lease for 10 years with an option for an additional 10 years and was leased as a corporation. At the end of the lease all of the improvements reverted to Los Angeles County. His first golf course he operated was a purchase of an existing lease held by Ralph C. Noble which was Bellevue Public Golf Course about 1928, located at 11401 S. Western Avenue, Los Angeles, California. The land was owned by the O.T. Johnson Corporation and A.P. Johnson Company, who constructed Western Avenue Golf Course, which was located at 121st & Western Avenue and opened March 28, 1928. Bellevue Golf Course entrance was actually the street entrance at that time called Belleview Avenue and today is Imperial Highway, 1/2 mile west of Western Avenue and just about 3/4 of a mile north of Western Avenue Public Golf Course. Cecil and his wife Sylvia managed the course and lived on the site in the clubhouse until he closed it about the middle of 1935. Both of his sons, Jerald "Jerry" and Vern N. first place of residence was at the Bellevue Golf Course club house. Both sons helped in the construction of the Alondra Park Golf Course. It was more than likely Cecil helped design the Bellevue Golf Course since he knew Ralph Noble when Ralph Noble was a teacher at Los Angeles High School. Cecil also worked for Billy Bell, famous golf architect and assisted with Mr. Bell in the design of the Los Angeles County Club. In 1955 Cecil moved to San Diego and with his partners purchased 710 acres outside the City of El Cajon, which he developed into The Singing Hills Golf Club that opened in January 1956. He passed away from Alzheimer's at 87 years of age, cremated at the Neptune Society in El Cajon. He divorced later on in life and was remarried but no children from the second marriage. Cecil was involved in a few other golf projects and one of his first projects was a driving range by the Venice Pier in California. When Mr. Hollingsworth was in construction of the Alondra Golf Course, Meadowlark Golf Course in Huntington Beach, California was owned by him, Gomer Sims, Babe Horrell and Robert Price of the Price Bridge Construction firm.
Graduated Los Angeles High School, from there attended and graduated UCLA in 1926 with a degree in architecture. Lettered at UCLA 1923-1925, was the team football captain in 1924 and played either guard or tackle. 1924 1st semester at UCLA was in the architectural society, 1927 swimming coach at UCLA, 1927-1928 gymnastics coach and 1938 assistant football coach. In 1940 football scout for UCLA under head coach Babe Horrell and was also the coach of wrestling at UCLA. Earned his Doctorate Degree in Physical Education about 1940 at Stanford University. In 1935 the City Of Santa Monica hired him to teach gymnastics at Muscle Beach. Inducted into UCLA Athletics Hall Of Fame in 1984 as a football scout, gymnastics and wrestling coach. He was a professor at UCLA in physical education and recreation. Was a member of the National Golf Foundation. Cecil designed the Alondra Park Golf Course In Lawndale, California (including the par 3 course) with groundbreaking on 3/23/1949 for the regulation course listed at 7,460 yards and opened about October 6, 1950. Cecil's partner was Gomer "Potlikker" Sims, who was a co-owner of the Sports Club Cocktail Bar in Los Angeles. The course was on a lease for 10 years with an option for an additional 10 years and was leased as a corporation. At the end of the lease all of the improvements reverted to Los Angeles County. His first golf course he operated was a purchase of an existing lease held by Ralph C. Noble which was Bellevue Public Golf Course about 1928, located at 11401 S. Western Avenue, Los Angeles, California. The land was owned by the O.T. Johnson Corporation and A.P. Johnson Company, who constructed Western Avenue Golf Course, which was located at 121st & Western Avenue and opened March 28, 1928. Bellevue Golf Course entrance was actually the street entrance at that time called Belleview Avenue and today is Imperial Highway, 1/2 mile west of Western Avenue and just about 3/4 of a mile north of Western Avenue Public Golf Course. Cecil and his wife Sylvia managed the course and lived on the site in the clubhouse until he closed it about the middle of 1935. Both of his sons, Jerald "Jerry" and Vern N. first place of residence was at the Bellevue Golf Course club house. Both sons helped in the construction of the Alondra Park Golf Course. It was more than likely Cecil helped design the Bellevue Golf Course since he knew Ralph Noble when Ralph Noble was a teacher at Los Angeles High School. Cecil also worked for Billy Bell, famous golf architect and assisted with Mr. Bell in the design of the Los Angeles County Club. In 1955 Cecil moved to San Diego and with his partners purchased 710 acres outside the City of El Cajon, which he developed into The Singing Hills Golf Club that opened in January 1956. He passed away from Alzheimer's at 87 years of age, cremated at the Neptune Society in El Cajon. He divorced later on in life and was remarried but no children from the second marriage. Cecil was involved in a few other golf projects and one of his first projects was a driving range by the Venice Pier in California. When Mr. Hollingsworth was in construction of the Alondra Golf Course, Meadowlark Golf Course in Huntington Beach, California was owned by him, Gomer Sims, Babe Horrell and Robert Price of the Price Bridge Construction firm.
Fulfill Photo Request for Cecil Bernard Hollingsworth
Photo Request Fulfilled
Thank you for fulfilling this photo request. An email has been sent to the person who requested the photo informing them that you have fulfilled their request
There is an open photo request for this memorial
Are you adding a grave photo that will fulfill this request?
Oops, some error occurred while uploading your photo(s).
Oops, something didn't work. Close this window, and upload the photo(s) again.
Make sure that the file is a photo. Photos larger than 8Mb will be reduced.
All photos uploaded successfully, click on the <b>Done button</b> to see the photos in the gallery.
General photo guidelines:
Photos larger than 8.0 MB will be optimized and reduced.
Each contributor can upload a maximum of 5 photos for a memorial.
A memorial can have a maximum of 20 photos from all contributors.
The sponsor of a memorial may add an additional 10 photos (for a total of 30 on the memorial).
Include gps location with grave photos where possible.
No animated GIFs, photos with additional graphics (borders, embellishments.)
There is no plot information for this memorial. Your photo request is more likely to be fulfilled if you contact the cemetery to get the plot information and include it with your request.
You are only allowed to leave one flower per day for any given memorial.
Memorial Photos
This is a carousel with slides. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate, or jump to a slide with the slide dots. Use Escape keyboard button or the Close button to close the carousel.
Quickly see who the memorial is for and when they lived and died and where they are buried.
Show Map
If the memorial includes GPS coordinates, simply click 'Show Map' to view the gravesite location within the cemetery. If no GPS coordinates are available, you can contribute by adding them if you know the precise location.
Photos
For memorials with more than one photo, additional photos will appear here or on the photos tab.
Photos Tab
All photos appear on this tab and here you can update the sort order of photos on memorials you manage. To view a photo in more detail or edit captions for photos you added, click the photo to open the photo viewer.
Flowers
Flowers added to the memorial appear on the bottom of the memorial or here on the Flowers tab. To add a flower, click the Leave a Flower button.
Family Members
Family members linked to this person will appear here.
Related searches
Use the links under See more… to quickly search for other people with the same last name in the same cemetery, city, county, etc.
Sponsor This Memorial
Remove advertising from a memorial by sponsoring it for just $5. Previously sponsored memorials or famous memorials will not have this option.
Share
Share this memorial using social media sites or email.
Save to
Save to an Ancestry Tree, a virtual cemetery, your clipboard for pasting or Print.
Edit or Suggest Edit
Edit a memorial you manage or suggest changes to the memorial manager.
Have Feedback
Thanks for using Find a Grave, if you have any feedback we would love to hear from you.
You may not upload any more photos to this memorial
"Unsupported file type"
Uploading...
Waiting...
Success
Failed
This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has photos
This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded photos to this memorial
This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has photos
This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded photos to this memorial
Invalid File Type
Uploading 1 Photo
Uploading 2 Photos
1 Photo Uploaded
2 Photos Uploaded
Added by
GREAT NEWS! There is 1 volunteer for this cemetery.
Sorry! There are no volunteers for this cemetery. Continuing with this request will add an alert to the cemetery page and any new volunteers will have the opportunity to fulfill your request.
Enter numeric value
Enter memorial Id
Year should not be greater than current year
Invalid memorial
Duplicate entry for memorial
You have chosen this person to be their own family member.
Reported!
This relationship is not possible based on lifespan dates.
0% Complete
Saved
Sign in or Register
Sign in to Find a Grave
Sign-in to link to existing account
There is a problem with your email/password.
There is a problem with your email/password.
There is a problem with your email/password.
We encountered an unknown problem. Please wait a few minutes and try again. If the problem persists contact Find a Grave.
We’ve updated the security on the site. Please reset your password.
Your account has been locked for 30 minutes due to too many failed sign in attempts. Please contact Find a Grave at [email protected] if you need help resetting your password.
This account has been disabled. If you have questions, please contact [email protected]
This account has been disabled. If you have questions, please contact [email protected]
Email not found
Please complete the captcha to let us know you are a real person.
Sign in to your existing Find a Grave account. You’ll only have to do this once—after your accounts are connected, you can sign in using your Ancestry sign in or your Find a Grave sign in.
We found an existing Find a Grave account associated with your email address. Sign in below with your Find a Grave credentials to link your Ancestry account. After your accounts are connected you can sign in using either account.
Please enter your email to sign in.
Please enter your password to sign in.
Please enter your email and password to sign in.
There is a problem with your email/password.
A system error has occurred. Please try again later.
A password reset email has been sent to EmailID. If you don't see an email, please check your spam folder.
We encountered an unknown problem. Please wait a few minutes and try again. If the problem persists contact Find a Grave.
Password Reset
Please enter your email address and we will send you an email with a reset password code.
Registration Options
Welcome to Find a Grave
Create your free account by choosing an option below.
or
Ancestry account link
To create your account, Ancestry will share your name and email address with Find a Grave. To continue choose an option below.
or
If you already have a Find a Grave account, please sign in to link to Ancestry®.
New Member Registration
Email is mandatory
Email and Password are mandatory
This account already exists, but the email address still needs to be confirmed. Resend Activation Email
Your password is not strong enough
Invalid Email
You must agree to Terms and Conditions
Account already exists
Please check the I'm not a robot checkbox
Internal Server error occurred
If you want to be a Photo Volunteer you must enter a ZIP Code or select your location on the map
You must select an email preference
We have sent you an activation email
Your new password must contain one or more uppercase and lowercase letters, and one or more numbers or special characters.
We just emailed an activation code to
Please check your email and click on the link to activate your account.
cemeteries found in will be saved to your photo volunteer list.
cemeteries found within miles of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list.
cemeteries found within kilometers of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list.
Within 5 miles of your location.
Within 5 kilometers of your location.
0 cemeteries found in .
0 cemeteries found.
Add a cemetery to fulfill photo requests
You can customize the cemeteries you volunteer for by selecting or deselecting below.
Search above to list available cemeteries.
Getting location…
Loading...
Loading...
No cemeteries found
Find a Grave Video Tutorials
Default Language
Translation on Find a Grave is an ongoing project. If you notice a problem with the translation, please send a message to [email protected] and include a link to the page and details about the problem. Thanks for your help!
Preferred Language
We have set your language to based on information from your browser.