Mildred Ella Didrikson, Chronological "All my life I've always had the urge to do things better than anybody else." I, Mildred Ella Didrikson, was good at any sport that I picked up and was not afraid of anybody who challenged me. When I was younger I always wanted to be an all around athlete and competitor. I was born June 26, 1911 in Port Arthur, Texas shortly after a barge went up in flames. We moved to Beaumont when I was only four due to the August Hurricane. My momma wanted to move inland, so we did. I got my nickname "Babe" when I was young either from my mom or the boys who I played baseball with. Everyone in Beaumont knew me as the neighborhood pest. I would jump on top of trolley cars and unhook the pole that kept the trolley on the track and watch the car slide to a stop. Every night my poppa would read his newspaper to my siblings and me about golf tournaments, the Olympics, or professional athletes. When I heard about the …show more content…
The director of physical education for the girls, Beatrice Lytle, was determined to create a girls' winning basketball team. She wouldn't let me on the team because I wasn't tall enough. The boys football and basketball coach, Lilburn Dimmitt, helped me in between the practice drills he ran for the boys' team. I got better and made the high school basketball team. In 1930 I left the team before league championships to go play for the Employers Casualty Company, an insurance company that sponsored a women's basketball team. It was led by Colonel Melvorne McCombs. I led the team to the championships. I also convinced McCombs to have a girls' track and field team. I won the 1930 national title for javelin and baseball throws. Again I led the basketball team to a championship and we won the 1931 national title, thanks to me. A few days after the game I set a world record in baseball throw (R. Wallace, S. Wallace 44-76). I had my eyes on the Los Angeles 1932