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Image Approximate Date

1920, circa.

Creation Date

2015

Source

W427.2-1 - Luminaries: Godbold, Lucile

Description

In 1922, Lucile Ellerbe (“Ludy”) Godbold won two gold and four other medals in the International Women's Olympiad which was the precursor to women competing in the Olympics. "Ludy" Godbold (1900-1981), Winthrop Class of 1920, was named to the South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame in 1961 and the South Carolina Hall of Fame in 2005.

This photograph is of Lucile Godbold with a shot put at the Winthrop Athletic Field around 1920.

Collection Location

Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections

Collection Name

University Archives

Copyright

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Chronologies and Timelines

A Winthrop University Chronology (1823 - present)

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