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Saturday Open Thread: Greatest Athletes You’ve Never Heard Of

May 4, 2013 by Miranda 82 Comments

Welcome to the Weekend Obots! The last athlete we want to highlight for the week is a trailblazer in skating. Mabel Fairbanks Mabel was born in New York City on November 14, 1916. As a young girl in the 1930s, Fairbanks discovered her lifetime passion watching a Sonia Henje movie. She then saw a pair of black skates in a pawnshop window and talked the guy down to $1.50. … [Read more...] about Saturday Open Thread: Greatest Athletes You’ve Never Heard Of

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