Estelle Baskerville Interview, September 30, 2016

The 1966-67 Tigerbelles in their new uniforms. FRONT: Marcella Daniel, Lottie Thomas, Diana Wilson, Mattilene Render, Martha Watson. BACK: Wyomia Tyus, Una Morris, Eleanor Montgomery, Madeline Manning, Estelle Baskerville.

Estelle Baskerville was a high jumper who won the AAU Indoors in 1962. She competed in the 1963 Pan American Games, placing sixth, while still a student at Columbus East High School in Ohio. She later competed for the Ohio Track Club and Tennessee State University, as a member of Coach Temple’s Tigerbelles. She competed in two Olympic Games as a high jumper: 1964 (Tokyo) and 1968 (Mexico City).

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Estelle Baskerville