Based in Toronto (Ontario, Canada), the four women were a quartet of the “Matchless Six”, along with Catherwood (see above) and Jenny Thompson, who dominated the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam – the first Games to allow women to participate. The women’s 4x100m relay team broke the world record twice, posting times of 49.3 and 48.4 respectively, on their way to an Olympic gold medal.

Fanny “Bobbie” Rosenfeld
1903 – 1969
Category: Athlete
Year of Induction: 2009

Born in Russia, Bobbie moved to Barrie (Ontario, Canada), and then Toronto (Ontario, Canada) as a teenager. In 1926, she tied the 100-yard world record with a time of 11.0. At the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam, she won silver in the 100m with a time of 12.3. In 1950, she was named the “Best Canadian Female Athlete of the Half-Century”. Bobbie went on to coach the women’s track team at the1934 British Empire Games in England (now the Commonwealth Games).

Ethel May Smith
1907 – 1979
Category: Athlete
Year of Induction: 2009

Ethel May was born and raised in Toronto (Ontario, Canada). At the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam, she bronze in the 100m with a time of 12.3. Ethel May also took the gold in the 220 yards at the national championships in 1927, and the 60 yards at the Ontario championships in 1929, the same year she retired from competition. Ethel is a member of the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame.

Florence Isabel “Jane” Bell
1910 – 1998
Category: Athlete
Year of Induction: 2009

A member of the Parkdale Ladies Athletic Club, Bell was an all-round athlete. The year following her Olympic success, she was crowned Canadian champion in the 60-yard hurdles, the javelin throw, and the baseball throw. She set a Canadian record in the 100-yard hurdles and was the Canadian champion in the 60-yard/100-yard hurdles in the years 1926, 1928, and 1929. Jane was inducted into the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame in 1949, and Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame in 1955.

Myrtle Alice Cook
1902 – 1985
Category: Athlete
Year of Induction: 2009

Born and raised in Toronto (Ontario, Canada), she moved to Montréal (Québec, Canada) in 1929. Myrtle helped launch the Toronto Ladies A.C. She set the 100m world record at the 1928 Olympic Trials with a time of 12.0 – but was unfortunately disqualified from the 100m final due to a false start. She later coached and managed national teams for the British Empire Games and the Olympic Games between 1932- 1972 out of Québec. Like her teammates, Myrtle excelled in many sports.