Babe Didrikson named 10th-greatest athlete of the century The first fabulous sports Babe Didrikson was a woman ahead of her time By Larry Schwartz Special to ESPN.com The first to prove a girl could be a stud athlete, Babe Didrikson began as a muscular phenom who mastered many sports and ended as a brilliant golfer. An exuberant tomboy whose life was athletics, she was accomplished in just about ...

Babe Zaharias / By Charles McGrath Most Valuable Player Video: A Universal Newsreel account of Babe Zaharias's death in 1956. (2.1 MB, Credit: The National Archives) Forums: Discuss Babe Zaharias and other emblematic women in the forums. From The New York Times, Sept. 1956: Babe Zaharias Dies; Athlete Had Cancer. Read the Britannica Online entry for Babe Zaharias. first heard about Babe Zaharias ...