Dorothy O'Neil
{{Short description|American badminton player}}
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| birth_place = Norwich, Connecticut, United States
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{{MedalSport | Women's badminton }}
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{{MedalGold | 1960 Philadelphia | Women's team }}
{{MedalGold | 1963 Wilmington | Women's team }}
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Dorothy "Dottie" O'Neil (born 1930 in Norwich, Connecticut) was an American badminton player.
Playing History
O'Neil won women's singles titles at numerous tournaments including the Mason-Dixon, Mid-Atlantic, New England, and Connecticut Opens from the late 1950s through the late 1960s.{{Cite journal|date=April 3, 1961|title=Faces in the Crowd|url=https://archive.org/details/Sports-Illustrated-1961-04-03|journal=Sports Illustrated|pages=13}}{{Cite web|url=http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1961/03/20/118029042.html?pageNumber=37|title=DOTTIE O'NEIL VICTOR; Captures Badminton Singles -- Shares Two Doubles Titles|website=timesmachine.nytimes.com|language=en|access-date=2019-11-19}}{{Cite web|url=http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1967/03/13/90290957.html?pageNumber=52|title=Heden and Miss O'Neil Win Badminton Singles Titles|website=timesmachine.nytimes.com|language=en|access-date=2019-11-19}}{{Cite web|url=http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1968/03/18/79937541.html?pageNumber=62|title=Carmichael and Miss O'Neil Capture Badminton Titles|website=timesmachine.nytimes.com|language=en|access-date=2019-11-19}} She won the US Open women's singles title in 1964{{Cite web|title=2006 U.S. Nationals - Past Champions|url=http://www.ocbadmintonclub.com/USNationals2006/2006USN-PW.shtml|access-date=2020-06-17|website=www.ocbadmintonclub.com|archive-date=2016-04-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160422092042/http://www.ocbadmintonclub.com/usnationals2006/2006usn-pw.shtml|url-status=dead}} after having reached the finals of the event several times previously.{{Cite web|url=http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1958/04/06/170413222.html?pageNumber=178|title=POOLE CAPTURES BADMINTON FINAL; San Diegan Upsets Kobbero for U.S. Title -- Judy Devlin Downs Dorothy O'Neil|website=timesmachine.nytimes.com|language=en|access-date=2019-11-19}}{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_0809276534|title=Inside badminton|last=Finston, Irving L.|date=1978|publisher=Contemporary Books|others=Remsberg, Charles, 1936-|isbn=0-8092-7653-4|location=Chicago|oclc=4135976|url-access=registration}} She was ranked second in the United States six times behind the world's dominant women's player of the era Judy Devlin Hashman, and was repeatedly ranked in the top three nationally in women's doubles. She co-ranked first with partner Rosine Lemon in 1972.
In international events, O'Neil won the Mexican Open Singles in 1965{{Cite book|title=The International Badminton Federation Handbook for 1971|last=Scheele|first=Herbert|publisher=J.A. Jennings Ltd|year=1971|location=Canterbury, Kent, England|pages=236}} and competed for the United States in the World Team Championships for Women, also known as the Uber Cup, including the World Champion US teams of 1960 and 1963.{{Cite web|url=http://www.worldbadminton.net/ubercup.asp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927030458/http://www.worldbadminton.net/ubercup.asp|url-status=dead|archive-date=2007-09-27|title=:::Internationalbadminton.org:::|date=2007-09-27|access-date=2019-11-25}}{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/10652628|title=The Guinness book of badminton|last=Davis, Pat (Patrick)|date=1983|publisher=Guinness Superlatives|isbn=0-85112-271-X|location=Enfield, Middlesex|pages=132|oclc=10652628}} She also played on the 1969 Uber Cup team and was captain of the team in 1972.{{Cite web|url=http://usabadminton.org/walk-of-fame-inductees/dorothy-o-neil|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402035229/http://usabadminton.org/walk-of-fame-inductees/dorothy-o-neil|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-04-02|title=Dorothy O'Neil {{!}} USA Badminton|date=2012-04-02|access-date=2019-11-12}}
In 1994 O'Neil was inducted into the USA Badminton Hall of Fame.{{Cite web|url=https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Badminton/USAB/Walk-of-Fame/Walk-of-Fame-Inductees|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140121054105/http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Badminton/USAB/Walk-of-Fame/Walk-of-Fame-Inductees|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 21, 2014|title=USA Badminton Walk of Fame Inductees|website=USA Badminton|access-date=2019-11-12}}
References
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Category:American female badminton players