It’s NO SURPRISE why the NFL is the MOST POPULAR SPORT on the planet Earth…..
The fans of course.
NO ONE is more PASSIONATE about their sport and team than the lovers of the PIGSKIN.
But there are some things that the MOST DIE HARD NFL fans just WON’T SAY.
Ok, ADMIT it how many have you said?
Gertrude Ederle
In honor of women’s history month, we recognize as the Sports Then and Now Vintage Athlete of the Month a woman who not only was the first woman to successfully swim the English Channel, but swam the channel faster than any person (man or woman) had done to that point in history.
Having proven her swimming ability while winning one gold and two bronze medals during the 1924 Summer Olympics, American Gertrude Ederle swam the challenging English Channel faster than any human previously when she swam from France to England in a time of 14 hours and 39 minutes on August 6, 1926.
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