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Babe Darkson was one of the greatest athletes of all time. She was accomplished
n just about every sport - basketball track golf, basebal, terris, swimming dung
boxing voleyball, handball, bowing blords, skarg and cycling
Babe was the frst to prove agricould be an al-stor athlete She won track and
Field gold medals at the 1932 Olympics played professional basketball, and was a Foundng
member of the Lodes Professional Golf Association
The Associated Press voted her the Greatest Femde Athlete of the frst half of
the 20th century and honored her with Fernde Athlete of the Year sex tmes - once for
her track dominance and five times for her golfing
Babe performed at a time when fernale athletes were considered unacceptable
Darkson was not famine at al in her youth and she was called a freak because of her
muscular body. Even though it was surely discouragra Babe refused to back down
While she qualified for five Olympic events n Los Angeles, women were allowed to
compete n only three In the Olympics, she won a gold metal n Olympic javelin and 80
meter hundes and tied for gold n the high jump. After the Olympics, she traveled with a
basketball team called Babe Didrikson's Al-Americans and toured with the House of David
baseball team
In 1933, she wanted to try golf. Just like everything else she tried, she succeeded
As an amateur golfer, Babe won an amazra 3 consecutive tournaments durng 196 She
was the frst American to win the Bntish Amateur Among her 55 tournament victores
were three US Women's Opens. In 1918, Babe won her frst US Women's Open the World
Championship and the Al-American Open She contrued her mpressive performance on
the LPGA Tour for the next several years
Babe Didrikson later became a wife and began to dress more famine, but she
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