Babe Didrikson might very well be the greatest athlete of the 20th century. As a teenager she led her team to the National Basketball Championship, before moving on to the Olympics and became a two-time gold medallist.

Baseball was next, playing against the men in the Major Leagues, and that was just the half of it.

To make money, she turned to the stage, becoming a star, before deciding to conquer one more sport, golf.

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