Susan Devlin Peard (born 1931) is a former

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player who represented both the US and Ireland in international competition. She is the daughter of J. Frank Devlin, an Irish badminton great, who moved his family to the United States in the late 1930s. She is the older sister of Judy Devlin Hashman, with whom she won numerous international women's doubles championships, including six titles at the prestigious All-England Championships (1954, 1956, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1966).

Career

The Devlin sisters won a record ten

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women's doubles titles between 1953 and 1966. They also formed a doubles pairing that won all of its individual matches for the world champion U.S.

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(women's international) teams of

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and

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. In 1960 Susan Devlin married Irish badminton player Frank Peard and thereafter resided in Ireland. She won two Irish national women's doubles titles and played

for Ireland in the '62-'63 and '65-'66 campaigns.Herbert Scheele ed., The ''International Badminton Federation Handbook for 1967'' (Canterbury, Kent, England: J. A. Jennings Ltd., 1967) 102-106. In 1976 she was inducted into the U.S. Badminton Hall of Fame, now known as the Walk of Fame. In 2009, both Susan and Judy were inducted into the

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athletics Hall of Fame.

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External links

Goucher College Athletics Hall of Fame
{{DEFAULTSORT:Devlin, Susan American female badminton players Irish female badminton players 1931 births Living people Goucher College alumni 20th-century American sportswomen