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{{Infobox badminton player
| name                    = Susan Devlin Peard
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| birth_name              = Susan Devlin
| birth_date              = {{birth year and age|1931}}
| birth_place             = [[Winnipeg]], [[Manitoba]], Canada
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| handedness              = Left<ref>{{cite web |editor-last=Scheele |editor-first=H. A. E. |title=Letters to the editor |url=https://worldbadminton.com/museum/publications/WorldBadminton/documents/n26_197608.pdf |work=World Badminton |edition=26 |date=August 1976 |page=19 |access-date=4 January 2025}}</ref>
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| country                 = United States<br />Ireland
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{{MedalSport | Women's [[badminton]] }}
{{MedalCountry | {{US}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Uber Cup]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[1957 Uber Cup|1957 Lancashire]] | Women's team }}
{{MedalGold | [[1960 Uber Cup|1960 Philadelphia]] | Women's team }}
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'''Susan Devlin Peard''' (born 1931) is an American-Irish former [[badminton]] player who represented both the US and Ireland in international competition. She is the daughter of [[Frank Devlin|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|Judy Devlin Hashman]], with whom she won numerous international women's doubles championships, including six titles at the prestigious [[All England Open Badminton Championships|All-England Championships]] (1954, 1956, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1966).<ref>Pat Davis, The ''Guinness Book of Badminton'' (Enfield, Middlesex, England: Guinness, Superlatives Ltd., 1983) 108.</ref>

== Career ==
The Devlin sisters won a record ten [[U.S. Open Badminton Championships|United States]] women's doubles titles between 1953 and 1966.<ref>Herbert Scheele ed., The ''International Badminton Federation Handbook for 1971'' (Canterbury, Kent, England: J. A. Jennings Ltd., 1971) 313.</ref> They also formed a doubles pairing that won all of its individual matches for the world champion U.S. [[Uber Cup]] (women's international) teams of [[1957 Uber Cup|1957]] and [[1960 Uber Cup|1960]].<ref>Herbert Scheele ed., The ''International Badminton Federation Handbook for 1967'' (Canterbury, Kent, England: J. A. Jennings Ltd. 1967) 97-101.</ref>   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 [[Uber Cup]] for Ireland in the [[1963 Uber Cup|'62-'63]] and [[1966 Uber Cup|'65-'66]] campaigns.<ref>Herbert Scheele ed., The ''International Badminton Federation Handbook for 1967'' (Canterbury, Kent, England: J. A. Jennings Ltd., 1967) 102-106.</ref> 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 [[Goucher College]] athletics Hall of Fame.

== Achievements ==
=== International tournaments (22 titles, 11 runners-up) ===
''Women's singles''
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size:90%;"
!Year
!Tournament
!Opponent
!Score
!Result
|-
| align="center" | 1957
| align="left" | [[Jamaican National Badminton Championships|Jamaica Open]]
| align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Judy Devlin]]
| align="left" | 4–11, 1–11
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up'''
|-
| align="center" | 1959
| align="left" | [[Canada Open (badminton)|Canada Open]]
| align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} Judy Devlin
| align="left" | 1–11, 10–12
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up'''
|}

''Women's doubles''
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size:90%;"
!Year
!Tournament
!Partner
!Opponent
!Score
!Result
|-
| align="center" | [[1954 All England Badminton Championships|1954]]
| align="left" | [[All England Open]]
| align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Judy Devlin]]
| align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Iris Rogers]]<br />{{flagicon|ENG}} [[June Timperley|June White]]
| align="left" | 15–7, 12–15, 15–8
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner'''
|-
| align="center" | 1954
| align="left" | [[U.S. Open (badminton)|U.S. Open]]
| align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} Judy Devlin
| align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ethel Marshall]]<br />{{flagicon|USA}} [[Bea Massman]]
| align="left" | 10–15, 15–10, 15–13
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner'''
|-
| align="center" | [[1955 All England Badminton Championships|1955]]
| align="left" | All England Open
| align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} Judy Devlin
| align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} Iris Rogers<br />{{flagicon|ENG}} June White
| align="left" | 15–18, 15–10, 9–15
| style="text-align:left; background: white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up'''
|-
| align="center" | 1955
| align="left" | U.S. Open
| align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} Judy Devlin
| align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Janet Wright (badminton)|Janet Wright]]<br />{{flagicon|USA}} [[Thelma Welcome]]
| align="left" | 15–10, 15–9
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner'''
|-
| align="center" | [[1956 All England Badminton Championships|1956]]
| align="left" | All England Open
| align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} Judy Devlin
| align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} Iris Rogers<br />{{flagicon|ENG}} [[June Timperley]]
| align="left" | 17–18, 15–12, 15–12
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner'''
|-
| align="center" | 1956
| align="left" | U.S. Open
| align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} Judy Devlin
| align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} Ethel Marshall<br />{{flagicon|USA}} Bea Massman
| align="left" | 15–10, 7–15, 10–15
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up'''
|-
| align="center" | 1957
| align="left" | [[Canada Open (badminton)|Canada Open]]
| align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} Judy Devlin
| align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} Ethel Marshall<br />{{flagicon|USA}} Bea Massman
| align="left" | 15–5, 10–15, 15–3
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner'''
|-
| align="center" | 1957
| align="left" | U.S. Open
| align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} Judy Devlin
| align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Dorothy O'Neil]]<br />{{flagicon|USA}} [[Margaret Varner]]
| align="left" | 7–15, 15–7, 15–5
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner'''
|-
| align="center" | 1957
| align="left" | [[Jamaican National Badminton Championships|Jamaica Open]]
| align="left" | {{flagicon|JAM}} [[Hope Valentine]]
| align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Judy Devlin]]<br />{{flagicon|JAM}} [[Murray White]]
| align="left" | 4–15, 7–15	
| style="text-align:left; background: white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up'''
|-
| align="center" | 1958
| align="left" | U.S. Open
| align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} Judy Devlin
| align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} Ethel Marshall<br />{{flagicon|USA}} Bea Massman
| align="left" | 15–10, 15–7
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner'''
|-
| align="center" | [[1959 All England Badminton Championships|1959]]
| align="left" | All England Open
| align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} Judy Devlin
| align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} Iris Rogers<br />{{flagicon|ENG}} June Timperley
| align="left" | 15–11, 10–15, 11–15
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up'''
|-
| align="center" | 1959
| align="left" | Canada Open
| align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} Judy Devlin
| align="left" | {{flagicon|CAN|1957}} [[Joan Hennessy]]<br />{{flagicon|CAN|1957}} [[Marjory Shedd]]
| align="left" | 15–3, 15–1
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner'''
|-
| align="center" | 1959
| align="left" | U.S. Open
| align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} Judy Devlin
| align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} Ethel Marshall<br />{{flagicon|USA}} Bea Massman
| align="left" | 15–8, 15–8
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner'''
|-
| align="center" | [[1960 All England Badminton Championships|1960]]
| align="left" | All England Open
| align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Judy Hashman]]
| align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Kirsten Thorndahl|Kirsten Granlund]]<br />{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Inge Birgit Hansen]]
| align="left" | 15–3, 15–6
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner'''
|-
| align="center" | 1960
| align="left" | U.S. Open
| align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} Judy Hashman
| align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} Dorothy O'Neil<br />{{flagicon|USA}} Margaret Varner
| align="left" | 7–15, 15–7, 15–5
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner'''
|-
| align="center" | [[1961 All England Badminton Championships|1961]]
| align="left" | All England Open
| align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} Judy Hashman
| align="left" | {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Catherine Dunglison]]<br />{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Wilma Tyre]]
| align="left" | 15–5, 15–4
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner'''
|-
| align="center" | 1961
| align="left" | [[Irish Open (badminton)|Irish Open]]
| align="left" | {{flagicon|IRL}} [[Lena Rea]]
| align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Jenny Horton|Jenny Pritchard]]<br />{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Ursula Smith]]
| align="left" | 15–12, 12–15, 15–7
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner'''
|-
| align="center" | 1961
| align="left" | U.S. Open
| align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} Judy Hashman
| align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Lois Alston]]<br />{{flagicon|USA}} [[Helen Tibbetts]]
| align="left" | 15–11, 15–3
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner'''
|-
| align="center" | 1963
| align="left" | [[German Open (badminton)|German Open]]
| align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} Judy Hashman
| align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Karin Jørgensen]]<br />{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Ulla Rasmussen]]
| align="left" | 8–15, 10–15
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up'''
|-
| align="center" | [[1963 All England Badminton Championships|1963]]
| align="left" | All England Open
| align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} Judy Hashman
| align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} Karin Jørgensen<br />{{flagicon|DEN}} Ulla Rasmussen
| align="left" | 15–6, 15–9
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner'''
|-
| align="center" | 1963
| align="left" | U.S. Open
| align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} Judy Hashman
| align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Margaret Barrand]]<br />{{flagicon|ENG}} Ursula Smith
| align="left" | 15–6, 15–7
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner'''
|-
| align="center" | [[1964 All England Open Badminton Championships|1964]]
| align="left" | All England Open
| align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} Judy Hashman
| align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} Karin Jørgensen<br />{{flagicon|DEN}} Ulla Rasmussen
| align="left" | 11–15, 15–6, 10–15
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up'''
|-
| align="center" | 1964
| align="left" | Irish Open
| align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} Judy Hashman
| align="left" | {{flagicon|IRL}} [[Lena Rea]]<br />{{flagicon|IRL}} [[Mary Bryan (badminton)|Mary O'Sullivan]]
| align="left" | 15–8, 15–7
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner'''
|-
| align="center" | 1965
| align="left" | U.S. Open
| align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} Judy Hashman
| align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} Margaret Barrand<br />{{flagicon|ENG}} Jenny Pritchard
| align="left" | 7–15, 15–13, 11–15
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up'''
|-
| align="center" | 1966
| align="left" | German Open
| align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} Judy Hashman
| align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} Karin Jørgensen<br />{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Ulla Strand]]
| align="left" | 15–7, 15–3
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner'''
|-
| align="center" | [[1966 All England Badminton Championships|1966]]
| align="left" | All England Open
| align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} Judy Hashman
| align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} Karin Jørgensen<br />{{flagicon|DEN}} Ulla Strand
| align="left" | 15–5, 14–17, 15–12
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner'''
|-
| align="center" | 1966
| align="left" | Irish Open
| align="left" | {{flagicon|IRL}} Lena Rea
| align="left" | {{flagicon|IRL}} [[Yvonne Kelly]]<br />{{flagicon|IRL}} Mary O'Sullivan
| align="left" | 2–15, 10–15
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up'''
|-
| align="center" | 1966
| align="left" | Canada Open
| align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} Judy Hashman
| align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Tyna Barinaga]]<br />{{flagicon|USA}} [[Caroline Jensen]]
| align="left" | 15–8, 14–17, 15–12
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner'''
|-
| align="center" | 1966
| align="left" | U.S. Open
| align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} Judy Hashman
| align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} Ursula Smith<br />{{flagicon|DEN}} Ulla Strand
| align="left" | 15–5, 15–5
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner'''
|-
| align="center" | 1970
| align="left" | Irish Open
| align="left" | {{flagicon|IRL}} [[Yvonne Kelly]]
| align="left" | {{flagicon|IRL}} Lena Rea<br />{{flagicon|IRL}} [[Joan McCloy]]
| align="left" | 15–3, 11–15, 15–8
| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner'''
|}

''Mixed doubles''
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size:90%;"
!Year
!Tournament
!Partner
!Opponent
!Score
!Result
|-
| align="center" | 1957
| align="left" | [[Jamaican National Badminton Championships|Jamaica Open]]
| align="left" | {{flagicon|JAM}} [[W. H. Murray White]]
| align="left" | {{flagicon|JAM}} [[Allan Feres]]<br />{{flagicon|USA}} [[Judy Devlin]]
| align="left" | 9–15, 10–15	
| style="text-align:left; background: white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up'''
|}

== References ==
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==External links==
* [http://athletics.goucher.edu/information/HOF/2010Inductees Goucher College Athletics Hall of Fame]

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