1. Babe Ruth
When talking to any modern day sports enthusiast or person with general knowledge of the history of the sports world, hearing the name, "Babe" would trigger an initial response to the famous homerun-hitter Babe Ruth. It would be of utter shock if that person's first relation to the nickname "Babe" was the name Babe Didriksen Zaharias. Who is that, they might ask. Babe Zaharias was the greatest female athlete of all-time, and furthermore arguably the greatest athlete in general that the world has ever known. So why is Zaharias second to the last name Ruth with the understanding of her legendary? The answer is very simply put that Babe thrived in a time when women who took sports seriously were considered unfeminine, and women possessed little say in society as they were stereotyped to stay at home, make babies, and be excellent house-wives. Babe Zaharias life's ambition was only to become the greatest athlete that ever lived which left no time for cleaning dishes.
Mildred Ella Didriksen was born on June 26, 1911 in Port Arthur, Texas. She married in 1938 to George Zaharias and changed her name to Babe Didriksen Zaharias. This woman excelled in every competition including: basketball, track, golf, baseball, tennis, swimming, diving, boxing, volleyball etc.; in short, she did it all. Babe held a 5'5" muscular stature, whose physical and mental coordination were of equal flawlessness. Zaharias remarkably carried herself as a self-centered, prima donna, attention seeker wherever she went. I describe her personality as remarkable because being in her shoes during the 1940's was exasperating majority of the time. The press basically dehumanized her into a freakish icon by referring to her as not being male or female, but belonging to a "third sex". Other young women reportedly ostracized her in locker rooms out of speculation as to what she exactly was. With no one in her corner, not even Title IX which wasn't passed until 1972, it exposed the truth strength of Babe Zaharias as she demolished the myth that women could not be sports heroes.
Babe Ruth: The Legend Comes To Life Robert Creamer Babe Ruth was known for playing baseball, but he was much more than that. ... Babe was a very rambunctious person. ... Babe was a very wild person. Babe acted very immature. ... Babe was a very interesting person. ...
(Babe Ruth) Babe Ruth was named after his father, George Herman Ruth. ... (Babe Ruth) Babe Ruth experienced little if any love from his parents. ... (Babe Ruth) St. ... (Babe Ruth Life and Legend) By December 1919, Babe was sold to the New York Yankees. ... (Babe Ruth) Babe and Helen adopted a baby girl in 1921 and named her Dorothy. ...
George Herman "Babe" Ruth was an American icon or symbol just as Uncle Sam was; the Babe started it all. ... The Babe had become a "pitcher's nightmare", but there was a new star up and coming Jimmie Foxx seen as "the right-handed Babe Ruth". ... Within Babe's season he had hit is 600th home run attracting the crowds as never before. ... Because of Babe Ruth the American League won, but his energy was decreasing. ... On May 25th at Pittsburgh Forbes Field, Babe had is farewell. ...
The dog fly which became Babes mom, first thought that all pigs were stupid and thought they were only to be eaten. ... The duck that thought himself as a rooster picked Babe the pig that was gullible to go in the boss's house and get the alarm clock. ... But when things messed up, the duck turns his back on Babe. ... But when Fly, Babes, mom tell Babe to give it a try and command them the sheep's laughs at Babe because they think that pigs are stupid and thought they were just like the dogs and that they were not harmful. At the end the shee...
Babe Ruth's father owned and operated his own tavern. ... The rest of the players also started referring to him as "Babe" and the name stuck(Family of Babe Ruth and Babe Ruth League Inc.). ... He pitched in that game against the Cleveland Indians (Family of Babe Ruth and Babe Ruth League Inc.). ... As the Babe's career began to take off, he and his wife could afford to purchase a home outside of Boston(Family of Babe Ruth and Babe Ruth League Inc.). ... The Babe loved kids and the children adored him. ...
Townsend English 9 22 March 2004 Babe Ruth "Babe" Ruth was born George Herman Ruth, Jr. on February 6, 1895 at 216 Emory Street in Baltimore, Maryland. ... Babe had 2,056 career base on balls, 72 games with two or more home runs and a .343 batting average (Babe Ruth, Baseball Statistics). Babe had 714 career homeruns while playing for the Boston Red sox. Babe Ruth set a record of 60 home runs during a 154-game season. ... "He attracted so many fans that Yankee Stadium, which opened in 1923, was nicknamed the "House That Ruth Built" (Babe Ruth, About Babe Ruth). ...