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Triple threat doesn’t even begin to describe Mildred “Babe” Didrikson Zaharias, a pioneer for women’s sports in Colorado and nationwide.
She made her way to the top of the podium in80-meter hurdles and the javelin that eventually led her to the first of six Female Athlete of the Year awards, the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame reports. One of her most lasting impacts for women athletes was her joining forces with12 other women to form the Ladies Professional Golf Association in 1950.
She was named Female Athlete of the Half Century in 1950,according to the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame. Fifty years later, she was voted the Associated Press top female athlete of the entire 20th century, according to the Colorado Golf Association.
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