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Susan Devlin

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Susan Devlin Peard
Personal information
Birth nameSusan Devlin
CountryUnited States
Ireland
Born1931 (age 92–93)
Winnipeg,Manitoba,Canada
Medal record
Women'sbadminton
RepresentingUnited States
Uber Cup
Gold medal – first place 1957 Lancashire Women's team
Gold medal – first place 1960 Philadelphia Women's team

Susan Devlin Peard(born 1931) is an American-Irish formerbadmintonplayer who represented both the US and Ireland in international competition. She is the daughter ofJ. Frank Devlin,an Irish badminton great, who moved his family to the United States in the late 1930s. She is the older sister ofJudy Devlin Hashman,with whom she won numerous international women's doubles championships, including six titles at the prestigiousAll-England Championships(1954, 1956, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1966).[1]

Career

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The Devlin sisters won a record tenUnited Stateswomen's doubles titles between 1953 and 1966.[2]They also formed a doubles pairing that won all of its individual matches for the world champion U.S.Uber Cup(women's international) teams of1957and1960.[3]In 1960 Susan Devlin married Irish badminton playerFrank Peardand thereafter resided in Ireland. She won two Irish national women's doubles titles and playedUber Cupfor Ireland in the'62-'63and'65-'66campaigns.[4]In 1976 she was inducted into the U.S.Badminton Hall of Fame,now known as the Walk of Fame. In 2009, both Susan and Judy were inducted into theGoucher Collegeathletics Hall of Fame.

References

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  1. ^Pat Davis, TheGuinness Book of Badminton(Enfield, Middlesex, England: Guinness, Superlatives Ltd., 1983) 108.
  2. ^Herbert Scheele ed., TheInternational Badminton Federation Handbook for 1971(Canterbury, Kent, England: J. A. Jennings Ltd., 1971) 313.
  3. ^Herbert Scheele ed., TheInternational Badminton Federation Handbook for 1967(Canterbury, Kent, England: J. A. Jennings Ltd. 1967) 97-101.
  4. ^Herbert Scheele ed., TheInternational Badminton Federation Handbook for 1967(Canterbury, Kent, England: J. A. Jennings Ltd., 1967) 102-106.
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