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n. - Outstanding United States athlete (1914-1956).

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  • Didrikson and Louis each received one first-place vote.
  • The other women on the American team privately cheered when Didrikson lost out on that third gold.
  • Martina Navratilova, Jackie Joyner-Kersee and Billie Jean King finished far back of Didrikson, who ranked No. 9 among all athletes.
  • Didrikson ended the controversy when she married, started wearing dresses, and turned to golf, a more acceptable feminine role at the time.
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