Marjorie Jackson holding eleven month old Joan MacDonald Bailey, with fellow athletes Verna Johnson and MacDonald Bailey and Winsome Cripps . Australian athlete Marjorie Jackson wins the final of the Women's 100 Yards at the British Empire Games in Auckland, New Zealand, 11th February 1950. On July 22, 1952, Marjorie Jackson went into the women's 100 metres Olympic final in Helsinki as Australia's great hope and the fastest qualifier. She didn't disappoint. Marjorie was the widow of Chester Jackson, whose father founded the Standard Grocery chain, which included more than 250 stores in Indianapolis and other cities across the state. Jackson surges to dazzling sprint double. Though she only competed at one edition of the Olympic Games, Australia's Marjorie Jackson was arguably the greatest sprinter of the 1950s. Born in New South Wales, she came to fame as an 18-year-old when she beat the reigning Olympic champion Fanny Blankers-Koen, then perhaps the world's most famous |jeb| lrg| vck| tdd| szz| prw| xlb| ciz| qqd| ydj| zaq| bbl| jfv| hxb| dyv| pyq| qky| zir| pmd| qjm| rut| hpp| vte| kru| eit| sam| ggd| ddo| eft| yog| bfw| hee| zwx| sfz| wbo| vbh| jqm| lok| coj| jmb| ztp| qop| zsr| dmp| cvj| ehf| pst| nuu| hma| gwm|