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| Full name | Mary Margaret Perry | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1943-01-03)January 3, 1943 Burbank, California, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||
| Died | June 3, 2012(2012-06-03) (aged 69) Medford, Oregon, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||
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Mary Margaret Perry (January 3, 1943 – June 3, 2012) was an American volleyball player. She competed at the 1964 and the 1968 Summer Olympics. She died at home of the rare disease, multiple system atrophy.
Early life
Perry was born in Burbank, California, in 1943. Her passion for volleyball began when she enrolled in Pierce Junior College and grew after she formed the South California volleyball team, the Renegades.
Olympics
In 1963, Perry was chosen for the US Women's Volleyball Team to compete at the Pan American Games in São Paulo, Brazil. The team won the gold medal. At the top of her sport throughout the 1960s, she went on to participate in two Olympiads in 1964 in Tokyo and the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City.
Life after the Olympics
After graduating from Cal State Northridge with a bachelor's degree in physical education in 1971, Perry taught and coached in Honolulu and at Cal State Hayward, where she earned her master's degrees in P.E. and Education.
Perry moved to Ashland, Oregon in 1986 and assisted coaching women's volleyball at Southern Oregon State College (now Southern Oregon University). She received her third master's degree in psychology from S.O.S.C. and coached senior citizens in fitness through Elderhostel. She produced the acclaimed fitness video, "Early Morning Stretch" and worked with geriatric patients through Jackson County Mental Health until her retirement in 2002.
Awards
In 1984, Perry was inducted into the Cal State Northridge Athletics Hall of Fame. In 2009, she was awarded the Flo Hyman All-Time Great Player Award and was inducted into the U.S. Volleyball Hall of Fame.
Death
Perry died at home of the rare disease, multiple system atrophy. At first she was diagnosed as having Parkinson's disease but that was later defined as Multiple System Atrophy, aka Parkinson plus syndrome.
References
- "Obituaries Audrey Young, Mary Perry". LA Times. Retrieved June 14, 2012.
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Mary Perry". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved June 14, 2012.
- "Self Bio at the USA Volleyball Portal". Retrieved June 19, 2012.
- "Cal State Northridge Mourns the Passing of Former Volleyball Great Mary Perry". Archived from the original on June 15, 2012. Retrieved June 19, 2012.
- "2009 USA Volleyball's Highest Award". Retrieved June 19, 2012.
- "Official memorial and bio". Retrieved June 19, 2012.
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Categories:
- 1943 births
- 2012 deaths
- American women's volleyball players
- Olympic volleyball players for the United States
- Sportspeople from Burbank, California
- Volleyball players at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Volleyball players at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Volleyball players from Los Angeles
- Sportspeople from Ashland, Oregon
- Southern Oregon University alumni
- Neurological disease deaths in Oregon
- Deaths from multiple system atrophy
- Volleyball players at the 1963 Pan American Games
- Volleyball players at the 1967 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1963 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1967 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in volleyball
- Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in volleyball
- Cal State Northridge Matadors women's volleyball players
- 20th-century American sportswomen