1. At an early age Babe Didrikson excelled in basketball, baseball, and track.
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2. At the 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles Babe Didrikson won the 80-metre hurdles and the javelin throw but was deprived of a third gold medal in the high jump because she had used the unorthodox Western roll to achieve the highest jump; she was awarded the silver medal instead.
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5. Babe Didrikson struggled at the tournament and missed the 36-hole cut, but her appearance marked the first time that a woman had competed in a PGA Tour event.
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8. On March 20, 1934, Babe Didrikson pitched one inning in a major league baseball spring training exhibition game for the Philadelphia Athletics against the Brooklyn Dodgers.
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