Fred Daly

Fred Daly may refer to:

Fred Daly (golfer)

Frederick J. Daly, MBE (11 October 1911 – 18 November 1990) was a Northern Irish professional golfer, best known for winning The Open Championship in 1947 at the Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake.

Born in Portrush, County Antrim, Daly was the only Irishman from either side of the border to have won The Open until Pádraig Harrington won it in 2007 and the only Northern Irish major winner until Graeme McDowell won the U.S. Open in 2010. Daly won the Open in 1947 while professional to the Balmoral Club in Belfast. He won with a score of 293, a single stroke ahead of runners-up Reg Horne and amateur Frank Stranahan.

During his acceptance speech at Royal Liverpool, Daly said he was very honoured to receive the Claret Jug and take it back to Northern Ireland. He went on to say that the trophy had never been to Ireland and that he was hoping that the change of air would help it. There was much applause and laughter at his humorous comments.

In addition, he added the News of the World Match Play tournament which was the main British Match Play Championship, becoming the first since James Braid (1905) to win both the Open and the Match Play title in the same year.

Fred Daly (American football)

Fred Daly was an American football and baseball player as well as coach. He played college football for Yale University in 1909 and 1910 and was selected as the captain of the 1910 Yale team. He was also the athletic director at Williams College from 1914 to 1916 and head coach of the Williams College football team for the 1914 and 1915 seasons.

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