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=Mildred "Babe" Didrikson=
 * This page is about Mildred "Babe" Didrikson. She played many sports that made her famous in 1928-1954.**

Babe Didrikson's Life
[|Mildred Didrikson]was born on June 26, 1911 in [|Port Arthur, Texas]. [1] Babe was considered one of the best female [|athletes] in her time. [2] Babe Didrikson was born to [|Norwegian] immigrants. [6] On December 23, 1938 Didrikson married [|George Zaharias], a professional wrestler. [8] Babe Didrikson had a brother named Arthur Didrikson. [10] In 1947 she became the first American woman to win the British Open. [10] Her full name was [|Mildred Ella Didrikson]. [12] Her[| autobiography], //This Life I've Led//, was published in 1955. [14] Babe got her name because she played [|baseball]like[| Babe Ruth]. [15] She had changed her name from Didriksen to Didrikson, because she didn't like how it was spelled. [14] After the hurricane in 1915 Babe Didrikson and her family moved to [|Beaumont.][12]

Athletic Achievements
Babe Didrikson had a lot of athletic achievements in all kinds of sports. In 1928 Babe Didrikson made the all city and Texas All State [|Basketball]Team. [4] Babe Didrikson had won two gold medals and one silver medal in the 1932 [|Los Angeles]Olympics. [5] When Babe Didrikson was a kid she played many sports such as Basketball, [|Swimming], and Baseball etc. [7] Babe Didrikson won six gold medals and broke four world records in one afternoon! [9] Soon after Babe took up sports she won 4 events in the AAU competition. [13] She won the first women's [|Olympic] javelin (143 feet, 4 inches) and set a world record in winning the first Olympic 80-meter hurdles (11.7 seconds). [13] She had broke the 5-foot-5+ record in the high jump. [13] She also played the first inning of one the games for the Brooklyn Dodgers and struck out the famous Joe DiMaggio. [14] In 1932 Babe got 2nd place in the high jump because she went head first witch was legalized 36 years later. [15] She won best female athlete of the year in 1932,1945,1946,1947,1950, and 1954. [2] In 1953 she got a hernia and needed an operation. It was a success so she entered a few more tournaments.[7]

After Her Sports Career
In the spring of 1953, doctors discovered that Zaharias had cancer, and she underwent radical surgery in April 1953.[12] From 1955 to 1956 September, 27 age of 45 Babe Didrikson suffers and dies from colon cancer. [3] When Babe Didrikson got cancer she wanted to go against the doctor, she wanted to keep playing sports. In December 1955 Babe could barely walk so her friend drove her to the Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth where she felt the grass one last time. She died months later.[2] Babe died of cancer in John Sealy Hospital in the morning[17].