Babe Didrikson Zaharias

Mildred Ella "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias June 26, 1911 – September 27, 1956)    
 was an American athlete. She had great success in track and field, golf, baseball and basketball. She was born in Port Arthur, Texas in June 1911. Zaharias won two gold Olympic medals and one silver medal in 1932.

Zaharias died  in Galveston, Texas from colorectal cancer at the age of 45. she had 4 children

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Category:Sportspeople from Texas
Category:American track and field athletes
Category:American basketball players
Category:American baseball players
Category:American golfers
Category:Olympic gold medalists for the United States
Category:Olympic silver medalists for the United States
Category:Cancer deaths in Texas
Category:Deaths from colorectal cancer
Category:1911 births
Category:1956 deaths