Frank Stranahan at Heather Downs Country Club at age 19 in 1942.
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Frank Stranahan
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A young Frank Stranahan practices his putting.
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Frank Stranahan, 14, was runner-up in the 1937 Germain Tournament.
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Frank Stranahan Jr. golfs in 1938.
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Frank Stranhan, Jr. 1941.
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Frank Stranahan finds his ball in a water hazard.
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A youthful and always athletic Frank Stranahan.
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As an athlete, Frank Strahanan won body-building and weight-lifting championships well into his 70s.
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Frank Stranahan follows the ball during a golf event.
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Frank Stranahan served served as an Army Air Corps pilot during World War II from autumn of 1943 to the spring of 1945.
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Frank Stranahan golfing, July 29, 1948.
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Frank Stranahan, seen here in 1960, won 51 amateur titles and six PGA Tour events.
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Frank Stranahan won 51 amateur titles and six PGA Tour events.
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Frank Stranahan chats with his father, R.A. Stranahan, in 1955. R.A. founded Champion Spark Plug with his brother, Frank D. Stranahan.
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Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stranahan.
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Frank Stranahan with his wife Ann. Ann took up golf and reached the finals of the Toledo Women’s District Golf Association tournament. She went on to win 25 tournament titles and competed in several national and international tournaments.
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Frank Stranahan with his many trophies.
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Frank Stranahan won numerous bodybuilding and weightlifting competitions and was known to carry barbells with him early in his amateur golfing career.
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Frank Stranahan ran in 102 marathons and was winning body-building and weight-lifting championships well into his 70s.
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Frank Stranahan won numerous bodybuilding and weightlifting competitions.
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Frank Stranahan with his wife Ann, left, and Mrs. Barbara Stranahan Holmyard.
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This 'Muscle Builder' magazine featured Toledoan Frank Stranahan. It is part of the display of artifacts that once belonged to amateur golf champion Frank Stranahan at the Manor House at Wildwood Metropark Preserve.
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Frank Stranahan, seated, with his son Lance and daughter-in-law Debra Schindelman, at their wedding.
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From left, Frank Stranahan, Betty and Dr. Rex Hardin stand in front of Stranahan's trophies and enlarged photographs at a cocktail party at the Sylvania Country Club in 2001.
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