Greatest Female Athletes of All Time

Greatest Female Athletes of All Time — page 1
Growing 1 CHAPTER BABE DIDRIKSON ZAHARIAS Growing up in Beaumont Texas in the 1920s Mildred Ella Babe Didrikson played every sport available to girls Sports were a huge part of her childhood basketball track tennis baseball or anything else she got a chance to try Her nickname came from her Norwegian mother She called her daughter min bebe in her native language But the way Didrikson told it her nickname was a reference to slugger Babe Ruth because Didrikson hit so many home runs as a ballplayer She wanted nothing less than to be the greatest athlete of all time Though she stood just 5 feet 5 inches tall only a fool would underestimate her She was amazingly strong and muscular In a time when society expected women even athletes to be Babe Didrikson right clears a hurdle at the 1932 Summer Olympics