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Word: hightop (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...wonder was that Wilma Rudolph could run at all. The 17th in a family of 19 children, Wilma had a series of crippling childhood diseases, did not walk until she was eight, and then had to wear a hightop, corrective shoe. By high school, Wilma had improved enough to become a four-year, all-state basketball player and to clean up in track. Now a junior at Tennessee State, Wilma is studying to be a teacher (average grade: B plus), has so little trouble winning races in the U.S. that she has sometimes slowed down in mid-sprint to shout...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Fastest Female | 9/19/1960 | See Source »

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