Dee Boeckmann

Delores "Dee" Boeckmann (November 9, 1906 – April 25, 1989) was an American middle-distance runner.

[1] Apart from competing, Boeckmann was the first woman to coach the United States national track and field team during the 1936 Summer Olympics.

[2] At the 1936 Summer Olympics Boeckmann became the first woman to coach the United States national track and field team beating three men to the post in a ballot; including the coach of the 1932 US women's Olympics squad, George Breeland.

[3] During World War II, Boeckmann became a United States Army recreational director.

[6] While with the army, she was named coach of the Japan women's national track and field team in 1950.