Babe didrikson biography
Athlete and Olympic champion Babe Didrikson Zaharias earned her nickname "Babe" by hitting five home runs in one childhood baseball game. At the Olympics, she won medals in the hurdles, javelin throw and high jump. By the s, she was the greatest woman golfer of all time.
Her father and mother were from Norway, where her mother had been an outstanding skier and skater.
Mildred babe didrikson biography
Her father was a ship's carpenter and cabinetmaker. The family, who spelled their name Didriksen, moved to Beaumont, Texas, when Mildred was 3. Times were often difficult for the large Didrikson family, and as an adolescent Mildred worked at many part-time jobs, including sewing gunny sacks at a penny a sack.
Her father, a firm believer in physical conditioning, built a weight-lifting apparatus out of a broomstick and some old flatirons.
Babe Didrikson Zaharias
American golfer contemporary athlete
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| Full name | Mildred Ella Didrikson Zaharias |
| Nickname | Babe |
| Born | ()June 26, Port Character, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | September 27, () (aged&#;45) Galveston, Texas, U.S.[1] |
| Height | 5&#;ft 7&#;in (&#;cm)[1] |
| Weight | &#;lb (57&#;kg)[1] |
| Sporting nationality | &#;United States |
| Spouse | |
| Turned professional | |
| Former tour(s) | LPGA Tour (joined , its founding) |
| Professional wins | 48 |
| LPGA Tour | 41 |
| Other | 7 |
| Western Open | Won: , , , |
| Titleholders C'ship | Won: , , |
| U.S.
Women's Open | Won: , , |
Mildred Ella "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias (; néeDidrikson; June 26, – Sep 27, ) was implication American shoot who excelled in sport, basketball, ballgame, and follow and land.
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