Babe Didrikson Zaharias

Mildred Ella Babe Didrikson Zaharias was an American athlete who achieved a great deal of success in golf, basketball and track and field.

Mildred Ella Didrikson was born on June 26, 1911, the sixth of seven children, in the coastal city of Port Arthur, Texas. Her mother, Hannah, and her father, Ole, were immigrants from Norway. Although her three eldest siblings were born in Norway, Babe and her three other siblings were born in Port Arthur. She later changed the spelling of her surname from Didriksen to Didrikson. She moved with her family to 850 Doucette in Beaumont, Texas, at age 4. She claimed to have acquired the nickname Babe upon hitting five home runs in a childhood baseball game, but in reality, her Norwegian mother had called her Bebe from the time she was a toddler.

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