__By Alex Holmes
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Byron Nelson, who passed away in September 2006, was born on this day (Feb. 4) near Waxahachie, Texas, in 1912 -- the same year as Ben Hogan and Sam Snead.
Photo: Getty Images (Jan. 1, 1940)
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