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Godbold, Lucile, 1900-1981

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Personal name headingGodbold, Lucile, 1900-1981
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Variant(s)Godbold, Ludy, 1900-1981
Birth date1900-05-31
Death date1981-04-05
Place of birthMarion County (S.C.)
Place of deathColumbia (S.C.)
Field of activityPhysical education and training
AffiliationColumbia College (Columbia, S.C.)
Winthrop College
Profession or occupationAthletes College teachers
Found inPalmetto Women Exhibit, 1862-1985, unpublished: contents note (Lucile (Ludy) Godbold) image 6 (Lucile (Ludy) Godbold, Winthrop Class of 1921, was the first woman inducted into the South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame... participated in the Women's International Track Meet... in Paris in 1922, winning two golds and four other medals...)
Winthrop University library catalog, viewed June 29, 2011 (hdg.: Godbold, Lucile (Ludy), 1900-1981)
A Woman's Light. Making History in South Carolina. A Virtual Exhibit, viewed July 25, 2011: (Lucile "Miss Ludy" Ellerby Godbold (1900-1981) was the first South Carolinian to participate in and win an international track meet. She was a native of Estill, S.C.)
   <http://www.southcarolinastatemuseum.org/women/Godbold.html>
Wikipedia web site, September 1, 2023: (Lucile Ellerbe Godbold (May 31, 1900-April 5, 1981) was an American track and field athlete. b. May 31, 1900, Marion County, SC; April 5, 1981, Columbia, SC ; In 1922 Godbold graduated in physical education from the Winthrop College and in September of that year she began a 58-year teaching career at Columbia College in Columbia, South Carolina.)
South Carolina Encyclopedia web site, September 1, 2023: (Olympic athlete, educator, "Miss Ludy,", one of America's first female Olympic champions, 1922 women's Olympics, director of physical education at Columbia College, first woman to be elected to the South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame)
   <https://www.scencyclopedia.org/sce/entries/godbold-lucile-ellerbe/>
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