Lucille "Ludy" Godbold grew up skinny, tall, and athletic.
She won the gold medal with.
Ludy\'s college and classmates rallied around her and raised the money to send her to compete.
Except she had no money to go.
When her coach took her to a meet in New York she qualified for the first Women\'s Olympic Games in 1922.
In her final year on the track team at Winthrop College in South Carolina, Ludy gave shot put a try and she made that iron ball sail with her long, skinny arms.
Lucille "Ludy" Godbold grew up skinny, tall, and athletic