Background
Ogle was born in the Melbourne suburb of Fawkner in Victoria.
Ogle was born in the Melbourne suburb of Fawkner in Victoria.
She attended scholastically elite University High School where, although small of stature and of a slight build, her athletic prowess stood out.
Her parents were William "Billy" Ogle, a professional bike rider and process engraver, and "Peggy" Martin, a stage performer. Unfortunately for her, Shirley"s athletic career happened to coincide with the period when Australian women sprinters were at their most dominant. Not having much big race experience at all, she didn"t perform up to her best at the Women"s 1948 Olympic Selection Athletics Trials in Sydney and didn"t make the team for London.
Competition for a spot on the sprint team was obviously pretty tough, with Joyce King and Shirley Strickland being the 1st. and 2nd. ranked of all the athletes from all the sports that had been presented by their sports associations to the Australian Olympic Federation (AOF) for grading and selection in the Australian 1948 Summer Olympics team
She"d also assisted him with his 1948 London Olympics programme where, even though visiting Olympic teams had to provide their own food due to post-war privations, she supplemented that with food packages, including eggs in the form of a special homemade Advocaat. Shirley and Ray have three children.