Lucile Godbold

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Lucille Godbold (died 1981) was a distinguished American athlete.

Godbold won a gold medal at the First International Track Meet for Women in Paris in 1922.

In September of that year, she began a 58-year teaching career at Columbia College in Columbia, South Carolina. During her time at the college, 'Miss Ludy' as she was affectionately known, became a local legend; in time, an annual touch football game was begun by the students in her honor and was named the 'Ludy Bowl.' Although the exact date is uncertain, it is believed the first Ludy Bowl took place on the campus of the college somewhere between 1952 and 1955 and is still played today during the college's Homecoming Weekend. In 1961, Godbold made history by becoming the first woman to be inducted into the South Carolina Sports Hall of Fame. Lucile Godbold died at age 80 in 1981.

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• Winthrop College Distinguished Alumni in Physical Education 2000