Arnold Palmer's Professional Career Summary

General Sports

• Associated Press Athlete of Decade – 1960-1969
• Hickok Professional Athlete of Year – 1960 
• Sports Illustrated Sportsman of Year – 1960 
• Dapper Dan Award, Pittsburgh – 1960 
• Pennsylvania, Western Pennsylvania, Westmoreland County, Cambria County, North Carolina, Florida Sports Halls of Fame 
• Wake Forest Hall of Fame
  
• Sports Appreciation Trophy, Atlanta AC CC, Atlanta, 1990 
• Athletes Who Changed Game, Sports Illustrated’s 20th Century Sports Awards, New York, 1999 
• Top 10 Male Athletes, 50th Anniversary, Atlantic Coast Conference, 2003 
• Roy Firestone Award, Los Angeles, 2004 
• Alfond Award of Excellence, Rollins College, Orlando, 2004
• WPIAL Hall of Fame, Pittsburgh, 2007
  

Academic Honors

• Honorary Doctor of Laws, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC
• Honorary Doctor of Humanities, Thiel College, Greenville, PA
• Honorary Doctor of Laws, National College of Education, Evanston, IL
• Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, Florida Southern University, Lakeland, FL
• Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, St. Vincent College, Latrobe, PA
• Honorary Doctor of Public Service, Washington & Jefferson College, Washington PA, 2009
• Honorary Doctor of Law, University of St. Andrews, 2010
  

Books and Videos

• Arnold Palmer’s Golf Book, 1961
• Portrait of a Professional Golfer, 1964
• My Game and Yours, 1965, revised 1983
• Situation Golf, 1970
• Go For Broke, 1973
• Arnold Palmer’s Best 54 Holes of Golf, 1977
• Arnold Palmer’s Complete Book of Putting, 1986
• Play Great Golf, 1987-89 (book, videos)
• The Arnold Palmer Story (video)
• Arnold Palmer, A Personal Journey (by Thomas Hauser with Arnold Palmer), 1994
• Arnold Palmer, A Golfer’s Life (w/James Dodson), 1999
• Playing by the Rules, 2002
• Memories, Stories and Memorabilia, 2004

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