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Mabel Angelina Springfield (10 March 1892 – 26 November 1966) was an Australian swimmer and swimming coach. She is known as the coach of dual Olympian, Nancy Lyons.
Mabel Springfield was born at Mooloolah in Queensland and educated at the local state school. Her parents were Angelina Bianca Clementina (née Koch) and carpenter and railway worker, Frank Springfield.[1]
Springfield was a member of the Valley Ladies' Swimming Club in Brisbane, becoming club champion in 1905.[2] At age 14 she was commended for rescuing a 10-year-old girl, who had got into difficulties in deep water and was unable to swim.[3]
Springfield qualified to swim at both the 1920 and 1924 Summer Olympics but lack of funding prevented her from travelling to the competitions.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Phillips, Murray, G., "Mabel Angelina Springfield (1892–1966)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 2024-08-06
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Valley Ladies' Swimming Club". The Brisbane Courier. Vol. LXII, no. 14, 885. Queensland, Australia. 26 September 1905. p. 7. Retrieved 6 August 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Brave Rescue from Drowning". The Brisbane Courier. Vol. LXIII, no. 15, 311. Queensland, Australia. 7 February 1907. p. 4. Retrieved 6 August 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Springfield, Mabel Angelina". The Australian Women's Register. Retrieved 2024-08-06.