William Howard Taft: The First Golfing President

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  • Опубликовано: 3 авг 2024
  • Author Don Van Natta Jr. talks about the affinity that William Howard Taft, the first United States President known to play golf, had for the game.
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Комментарии • 45

  • @eunaekim9216
    @eunaekim9216 4 года назад +64

    This is yet another reason why Taft is underrated. He did not want to sacrifice who he was for the sake of public opinion!

    • @mitchlol1271
      @mitchlol1271 3 года назад +5

      Eh Idk. Underrated is not right

  • @jakeadamson7326
    @jakeadamson7326 10 лет назад +79

    He sure was a big golfer

  • @jackbuckley7816
    @jackbuckley7816 2 года назад +4

    He frequently played golf here in my hometown, one of his favorite places to vacation!

  • @caduocababesta1510
    @caduocababesta1510 6 лет назад +33

    President Taft was a big president and big golfing man

    • @eunaekim9216
      @eunaekim9216 3 года назад +2

      Dare I say, the guy was large and in charge?

    • @georgealderson4424
      @georgealderson4424 3 года назад +3

      @@eunaekim9216 Haha. You just did!

  • @graythaprince
    @graythaprince 3 года назад +21

    Ironically almost every president golfs now

    • @eunaekim9216
      @eunaekim9216 3 года назад +6

      And in fact, for years the PGA championship was held on Trump property. But those days are over now because of that riot!

  • @bookianaunroblox661
    @bookianaunroblox661 9 месяцев назад +1

    Taft is a big and strong president.

  • @marcsaldivar6569
    @marcsaldivar6569 4 года назад +21

    Damn that boi thick

    • @eunaekim9216
      @eunaekim9216 3 года назад

      Understatement city! The guy was an absolute unit, and owing to the fact that he did not even want to be president, he ended up gaining even more weight than he already had!

  • @mr.v6052
    @mr.v6052 11 дней назад

    so this is where that golf talk started

  • @Hotpocketmountiandew
    @Hotpocketmountiandew 5 лет назад +9

    He would have made an awesome line backer. I mean, how many people could lift him off them? One tackle and you're done for.

    • @eunaekim9216
      @eunaekim9216 2 года назад +1

      For the record, he was about the same weight as the football player Larry Allen, who is well known for running down a guy who was known to be a speedster!

  • @darkcheeto3338
    @darkcheeto3338 8 месяцев назад +1

    People are just talking about his weight and here I am just thinking he was the most randomly picked president and managed to have a pretty good presidency. Also his stache and overall looks in general are the definition of early 1900s.

  • @5arl1nt3_Is_Everywhere
    @5arl1nt3_Is_Everywhere 5 лет назад +34

    Honestly, I think he is cute.

    • @yeetersmaneats7112
      @yeetersmaneats7112 4 года назад +3

      13 likes in a year lol

    • @WTMNNJR
      @WTMNNJR 3 года назад +6

      He looks like a teddy bear.

    • @cj_chap4488
      @cj_chap4488 3 года назад +1

      @@WTMNNJR He hated teddy bear

  • @danielsamper5176
    @danielsamper5176 3 года назад +2

    In awe at the size of this lad, absolute unit

    • @eunaekim9216
      @eunaekim9216 2 года назад +1

      Just an FYI, the actual numbers are 6'0" and 332 pounds, for a BMI of 45+!

  • @darioisakovic7802
    @darioisakovic7802 3 года назад +6

    "OH LAWD HE COMIN'!"

  • @Thefisherfam.
    @Thefisherfam. 9 месяцев назад +1

    I’m related to him

  • @steampunkerton
    @steampunkerton 3 года назад +3

    GOD DAMN THAT'S ABSOLUTE CAKE RIGHT THERE

  • @eunaekim9216
    @eunaekim9216 3 года назад +2

    He was pretty much a sitting duck for jokes about playing golf, given his vital statistics and, judging by archived pics of him, his clothing that made it obvious that he was rich and educated!

  • @captinmez5660
    @captinmez5660 2 года назад

    He’s a big guy.

  • @lacrimosa7073
    @lacrimosa7073 3 года назад +2

    Was I the only one concerned when he stepped onto that board at the end?

  • @HeriSetiawanhehe
    @HeriSetiawanhehe 4 года назад

    zach galifianakis mentioned him.

  • @BornEnlightenedNoSell
    @BornEnlightenedNoSell Год назад

    Tudor Gheorghe 🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @stupendous1068
    @stupendous1068 Год назад +1

    Taft certainly wasn't a guy to pick a fight with.

  • @GerryKing-wr4tf
    @GerryKing-wr4tf Год назад

    Looked so god. Out of dickinson

  • @ericeasterday5849
    @ericeasterday5849 3 года назад +3

    He was also a Supreme Court Judge who sentenced people to life in Prison for heinous crimes. Why didn’t he sentence the iceberg that sunk titanic to life for the murder of thousands of people on board?! Lol 😂

    • @eunaekim9216
      @eunaekim9216 3 года назад +1

      Answer - because it was already too late to prosecute given the statute of limitations! 😉

  • @jeonyounggun104
    @jeonyounggun104 2 года назад

    However, it had a very bad influence on Korea's fate. For Korea, it was a great bad relationship with Theodore Roosevelt.

  • @15packman
    @15packman 3 месяца назад

    My gosh he really was fat…….I bet it was buried so far down he had a difficult time finding it.

  • @willzncube4386
    @willzncube4386 2 года назад

    Golf swing trash tho lmao