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Also Known As Mildred Ella Didriksen • Babe Didrikson • Mildred Ella Zaharias • Babe Didriksen
Born June 26, 1911 • Port Arthur • Texas
Died September 27, 1956 (aged 45) • Galveston • Texas
Awards And Honors Olympic Games • All-America team • Presidential Medal of Freedom (2021) • British Ladies Amateur Championship (1947) • United States Women’s Amateur Championship (1946)

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