Sport
#15 on Fox 40's Top 40: Lura Wilson
Monday, August 12th 2024, 9:33 PM EDT
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We continue Fox 40's Top 40 Most Impactful Local Sports figures of all time with number 15.
At number 15, we honor Greene's Lura Wilson! Lu, as she was known, was a pioneer for women's athletics in the Southern Tier. As Nancy Bromley, a three-time State Champion head coach with Greene Field Hockey described to me last year, Lura Wilson was a "molder of dreams and an inspiration" and was one of the biggest reasons Greene girls athletics has thrived for so long.
Wilson was a five-time NYS Champion and four-time National Champion. Wilson was the first woman inducted into the Section IV Hall of Fame and is in the National Archery Hall of Fame as well.
PHOTOS SOURCED FROM THE NATIONAL ARCHERY HALL OF FAME & GREATER BINGHAMTON SPORTS HALL OF FAME.