Ethel Marshall is a former American

United States

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 badminton

Badminton

Badminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players or two opposing pairs , who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court that is divided by a net. Players score points by striking a shuttlecock with their racquet so that it passes over the net and lands in their...

 player noted for her mobility and shot-making prowess.

Career

She won the US Women's Singles title

U.S. National Badminton Championships

The U.S. National Badminton Championships is a tournament organized by USA Badminton and held annually to crown the best badminton players in the United States....

 on all seven occasions that she contested it (1947–1953), defeating seventeen year old Judy Devlin

Judy Devlin

Judy Devlin is a former badminton player who won more major international titles than any other player of her era....

 (Hashman) in the last of these. She also won the US Women's Doubles title

U.S. National Badminton Championships

The U.S. National Badminton Championships is a tournament organized by USA Badminton and held annually to crown the best badminton players in the United States....

 in 1952 and 1956 with Beatrice Massman, defeating the Devlin sisters on the latter occasion who had recently won the All-England women's doubles title

All England Open Badminton Championships

The All England Open Badminton Championships, or simply All England, is one of the world's oldest and most prestigious badminton tournaments. Played annually, it developed after the success of world's first badminton tournament held in Guildford in 1898...

. Marshall reached the final of US Women's Doubles on several other occasions, the last one in 1974 as she approached her fiftieth birthday.

Marshall was a member of the women's world team champion US Uber Cup

Uber Cup

The Uber Cup, sometimes called the World Team Championships for Women, is a major international badminton competition contested by women's national badminton teams. First held in 1956-1957 and contested at three year intervals, it has been contested every two years since 1984 when its scheduled...

 squad in 1957

1957 Uber Cup

The 1957 Uber Cup was the inaugural Uber Cup; a women's international team badminton championship promoted by Betty Uber. Eleven nations took part competing first within zones to qualify for interzone matches. The final round was held in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, England on 18 March 1957...

 and coached the team in later years. She continued to compete into the 1980s and won numerous national age division titles. In 1956 the Buffalo

Buffalo, New York

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 based Marshall was among the first class of inductees into the U.S. Badminton Hall of Fame, now called the Walk of Fame.

Major tournament victories

Tournament	Event	Year
US Open	Women's Doubles	1956
US Championships U.S. National Badminton Championships The U.S. National Badminton Championships is a tournament organized by USA Badminton and held annually to crown the best badminton players in the United States....	Women's Singles	1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953
	Women's Doubles	1952
Canadian Open Canadian Open (badminton) The Canadian Open in badminton is an international open held in Canada since 1957. The tournament is traditionally held every year in September....	Mixed Doubles	1957
Uber Cup Uber Cup The Uber Cup, sometimes called the World Team Championships for Women, is a major international badminton competition contested by women's national badminton teams. First held in 1956-1957 and contested at three year intervals, it has been contested every two years since 1984 when its scheduled...		1957