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Bobbie Rosenfeld : the Olympian who could do everything

Bobbie Rosenfeld : the Olympian who could do everything

Dublin, Anne, author.
Book 2004

Bobbie Rosenfeld may be Canada's all-round greatest athlete of the twentieth century. A Sports Hall of Famer, Bobbie was born in 1904 in Russia and came to Canada when she was less than a month old. As a young girl she excelled in track and field, ice hockey, tennis, basketball and softball. At the 1928 Summer Olympics, she won gold and silver medals. But Bobbie Rosenfeld's popularity was due to more than her athletic ability or, later, her skill...

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ISBN:
9781896764825
1896764827
Description:
xi, 148 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Notes:
Canadiana
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents:
Beginnings
Growing up in Barrie
High school athlete
A move to the big city
Canada in the 1920s
The complete athlete
Working girl
Women and the Olympics
Halifax Olympic tryouts
Traveling to Amsterdam
Opening ceremonies
Winner of the 100-meter race
The good sport
The matchless six
Triumphant return
A cruel blow
Searching for a new life
Canada in the 1930s
The end of an era
Career woman
"Sports reel"
Canada inthe 1940s and 1950s
Bobbie at mid-century
The legacy of Bobbie Rosenfeld
Control Number:
114930
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