Elva Rupp Rushton

Born in 1920, Elva Rupp is described as a  "Sports Enthusiast"  She was born in Taylorsville where she " worked their father's farm, thinned sugar beets, and swam in the canal each summer."

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She spent the majority of her free time on the pitching mound.

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The moment Alma Rushton saw her play and said:

"That is the girl I am going to marry." 

She married Alma Laurence Rushton and the two raised their family in Hunter Utah.  She loved to watched Laurence play on the Hunter Rushton baseball team.

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 She bowled in three leagues for many years, and had a career high score of 276.

 

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She was inducted into the Utah Softball Hall of Fame.

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