<div id='name'>Shirley Martin</div>
<div id='description'><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Shirley Martin</strong> was a true pioneer in women's sports in Wisconsin. The
Rib Lake native moved to Milwaukee in 1943 because she wanted to play
softball and basketball. She made her first trip to the AAU national
basketball tournament in 1944.<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Martin starred in basketball in the
winter, sporting a sweeping hook shot, fastpitch softball in the summer
and field hockey in the fall. Martin played sports into her 60s. She
became the oldest person to play in a national AAU basketball tourney
when she participated in the national tourney in Texas in 1985.<br />
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In addition to playing, Martin coached women's sports. She took a team
of American female basketball players to the Soviet Union in 1958. In
addition to induction to the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame, Martin
was a member of the Nebraska Hall of Fame, the AAU Hall of Fame and
received the first lifetime achievement award from the Women's Sports
Advocates of Wisconsin.
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