John W. Fischer was an American amateur golf

Golf

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er in the 1930s.

Fischer was born in Cincinnati, Ohio

Cincinnati, Ohio

Cincinnati is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio. Cincinnati is the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located to north of the Ohio River at the Ohio-Kentucky border, near Indiana. The population within city limits is 296,943 according to the 2010 census, making it Ohio's...

. He won the 1932 NCAA individual golf championship

NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships

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 and the Big Ten Conference

Big Ten Conference

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 individual championship in 1932, 1933 and 1935 while playing at the University of Michigan

University of Michigan

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. He also won the 1936 U.S. Amateur.

Fischer played on the Walker Cup

Walker Cup

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 team in 1934, 1936, and 1938, and captained the team in 1965.

Fischer was inducted into the University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor

University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor

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 in 1980 as part of the third induction class. Only one Michigan golfer (Chuck Kocsis

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Charles R. Kocsis was an American amateur golfer.The Golf Association of Michigan voted Chuck Kocsis the Michigan amateur golfer of the century and was a member of the first class elected into the Michigan Golf Hall of Fame...

) was inducted into the Hall of Honor before Fischer.

Tournament wins

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• 1932 NCAA Championship
  NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships
  The NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships, played in late May or early June, is the top annual competition in U.S. men's collegiate golf. It is a stroke play team competition, starting in 2009 the competition changed to a stroke play/match play competition with the top 8 teams after 54 holes of...
  
  
• 1932 Big Ten Championship
• 1933 Big Ten Championship
• 1935 Big Ten Championship
• 1936 U.S. Amateur

Amateur wins (1)

Year	Championship	Winning Score	Runner-up
1936	U.S. Amateur	37 holes	Jack McLean

Results timeline

Tournament	1930	1931	1932	1933	1934	1935	1936	1937	1938	1939
U.S. Open U.S. Open (golf) The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual open golf tournament of the United States. It is the second of the four major championships in golf, and is on the official schedule of both the PGA Tour and the European Tour...	DNP	DNP	T27	T43	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Amateur	DNP	DNQ	QF	R16	R128	R128	1	SF	DNP	R32
British Amateur	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	R64	DNP	DNP	DNP	R256	DNP

Tournament	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947
U.S. Open U.S. Open (golf) The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual open golf tournament of the United States. It is the second of the four major championships in golf, and is on the official schedule of both the PGA Tour and the European Tour...	DNP	DNP	NT	NT	NT	NT	DNP	DNP
U.S. Amateur	QF	R64	NT	NT	NT	NT	DNQ	DNP
British Amateur	NT	NT	NT	NT	NT	NT	DNP	DNP

Source for U.S. Open and U.S. Amateur: USGA Championship Database

Source for 1934 British Amateur: The Glasgow Herald, May 24, 1934, pg. 12.

Source for 1938 British Amateur: The Glasgow Herald, May 25, 1938, pg. 21.

NT = No tournament

DNP = Did not play

DNQ = Did not qualify for match play portion

R128, R64, R32, R16, QF, SF = Round in which player lost in match play

"T" indicates a tie for a place

Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur

• Walker Cup
  Walker Cup
  The Walker Cup is a golf trophy contested biennially in odd numbered years between teams comprising the leading amateur golfers of the United States and Great Britain and Ireland...
  
  : 1934 (winners), 1936 (winners), 1938, 1965 (non-playing captain, tie)