- Nellie Halstead
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Medal record Women's athletics Competitor for 
Great BritainOlympic Games Bronze 1932 Los Angeles 4x100 metre relay Competitor for 
EnglandBritish Empire Games Gold 1934 London 3×110/220 yd Silver 1934 London 4×110/220 yd Bronze 1934 London 220 yd Nellie Halstead (September 19, 1910 – August 1991) was an English former athlete who competed for Great Britain in the 1932 Summer Olympics. She was born in Radcliffe and died in Bury.
She competed for Great Britain in the 1932 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, USA in the 4×100 metres where she won the bronze medal with her team mates Eileen Hiscock, Gwendoline Porter and Violet Webb.
At the 1934 Empire Games she was a member of the English relay team which won the gold medal in the 110-220-110 yards relay event and the silver medal in the 220-110-220-110 yards relay competition. In the 220 yards she won the bronze medal.
According to historian Jean Williams, Halstead also played as a centre forward for the Dick, Kerr's Ladies football team.[1]
References
- ^ Jean Williams (2007). A beautiful game: international perspectives on women's football. Berg. p. 78. ISBN 1845206746. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=VuIp04RvKX8C&pg=PA78&lpg=PA78&dq=dick+kerr+washington+stars&source=bl&ots=BIQkFIkyx0&sig=o1iSoXgwhPPbACdkR2NUGP8-EYQ&hl=en&ei=aS6DTs-sE-GM0AWkwf3EAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CCkQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=dick%20kerr%20washington%20stars&f=false. Retrieved 2011-09-28. "Nellie Halstead, who later played centre forward for Dick, Kerr, won bronze in the 1936 Olympic games."
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Categories:- 1910 births
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- Olympic athletes of Great Britain
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1932 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for Great Britain
- Commonwealth Games competitors for England
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1934 British Empire Games
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
- People from Radcliffe, Greater Manchester
- Olympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- English women's footballers
- Dick, Kerr's Ladies F.C. players
- British athletics Olympic medalist stubs
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