HARVARD VARSITY CLUB INC – 5th Annual HVC Online Auction
Auction Ends: Nov 26, 2019 09:00 PM EST

Golf & Sports Gear

Brae Burn Country Club, Newton, MA; 3-some with Harvard Hockey Legend Coach Bill Cleary

Item Number
231
Estimated Value
Priceless
Sold
1000 USD to jm306d482
Number of Bids
12  -  Bid History

Item Description

Round of golf for three with member host Bill Cleary, Jr. at Brae Burn Country Club in Newton, MA. 

Date and time to be agreed upon by Bill Cleary, Jr.

Host, Bill "Coach" Cleary, Jr. played for Harvard hockey from 1953 to 1955 and set school records for scoring. He also set national records in 1955 for: points in a season (89); goals in a season (42); goals in a game (6); and assists in a game (8). He led his Harvard team to a third place finish in the NCAA tournament in that year Cleary represented the United States four times internationally at the 1956 and 1960 Olympics, and at the 1957 and 1959 World Championships. In addition, he served as Harvard hockey coach from 1971 thru the 1990s, leading them to an NCAA Championship in 1989. He also served as Athletic Director at Harvard into the 1990s. 

Brae Burn Country Club, a private club founded in 1897 and is located in West Newton, Massachusetts.  The Club consists of an 18-hole Donald Ross designed golf course, an additional 9-hole golf course with a large fully equipped golf shop.

Brae Burn has been the scene of some historic golf moments, serving as the host of four major tournaments of the United States Golf Association. Walter Hagen won the U.S. Open in 1919, Ray Gorton challenged Bobby Jones in the U.S. Amateur in 1928, and U.S. Women’s Amateur Championships were won by Harriot Curtis in 1906, Beth Daniel in 1975, and Silvia Cavalleri in 1997. Brae Burn hosted Curtis Cup Matches in 1958 and 1970. MGA Amateur victories by Francis Ouimet in 1914 and Eddie Stimpson in 1935 are also highlights in Brae Burn’s rich history.

Item Special Note

Golf must be arranged within a year of purchase (Nov 2020)

 

BRAE BURN COUNTRY CLUB

326 Fuller Street
West Newton, Massachusetts 02465

Phone: 617.244.0680

For more info: http://www.braeburngolf.com/

Donated By:

Bill Cleary '56