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A Natural
Athlete
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Rosenfeld was born in Dnepropetravsk, Russia on
December 28th, 1904. Her family then immigrated to
the small town of Barrie, Ontario when she was just
an infant.
As a child growing up in Barrie, she ran her first
sprint out of necessity. At a town picnic she and a
sister lost the money they had brought to buy their
meal. Luckily a race had been organized for
children, with a box lunch as prize. Rosenfeld
entered and won.
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By the time she was a teenager, Rosenfeld had
become well known locally as an outstanding,
dedicated athlete. She led her high school
basketball team at Barrie Collegiate Institute to a
League title, and excelled in track as well as in
her favorite sport, ice hockey. Friends had even
begun calling her "Bobbie" for her short bobbed
hair, cut to stay out of the way during
competition. And while sexist opinions on women in
sports were common throughout Rosenfeld's
childhood, her family supported and encouraged her.
Brushing aside assertions that strenuous exercise
was damaging to the feminine form, her father was
always wildly cheering from the stands at Bobbie's
games and races. When the family moved to Toronto
in 1922, Rosenfeld was ready to make her mark on
the city's growing women's sports scene.
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How to Cite This Page
For a bibliography:
Jewish Women's Archive. "JWA - Bobbie Rosenfeld - A Natural Athlete." <http://jwa.org/exhibits/wov/rosenfeld/natural.html>.
For a footnote:
Jewish Women's Archive, "JWA - Bobbie Rosenfeld - A Natural Athlete," <http://jwa.org/exhibits/wov/rosenfeld/natural.html>.
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