Lily Parr naît à St. Helens, Merseyside. In 1920 a local newspaper wrote about this talented 14 year old: "There is probably no greater football prodigy in the whole country. Sa notoriété est telle que l'agent de la joueuse doit refuser plus de 120 invitations à des matchs de charité à travers le pays[4]. Lilian "Lily" Parr was an English professional women's association football player who played as a winger. While playing for the Dick, Kerr's Ladies she was noted for her large appetite and almost constant smoking of Woodbine cigarettes.

They were accepted in the United States, and even though they were sometimes forced to play against men, they lost only 3 out of 9 games. The Dick Kerr Ladies did not only raise money for Unemployed Ex Servicemens Distress Fund.

", Alfred Frankland responded to the action taken by the Football Association with the claim: "The team will continue to play, if the organisers of charity matches will provide grounds, even if we have to play on ploughed fields.". Video, 'We can't let her down again: we have to find her' Video, 'We can't let her down again: we have to find her', Civilians and BBC team flee shelling. C’était une joueuse extrêmement désintéressée, capable de réaliser une passe avec une précision incroyable, mais aussi une joueuse de balle merveilleuse. Along with three other members of the team, she also beat the American Women's Olympic team in a relay race in 1922. Read about our approach to external linking.

La fillette manifeste peu d'enthousiasme pour les activités traditionnellement féminines telles que la couture ou la cuisine. Frankland believed that his team was good enough to represent England against a French national team. The chauvinists, the medical 'experts' and the anti women's football lobby had won - their threatened male bastion was now safe. After working in the Dick, Kerr & Co. factory Parr trained as a nurse.

It had, it could be said, become a politically dangerous sport, to those who felt the trade unions to be their enemies.... Women went out to support their menfolk, a Lancashire tradition, was causing ripples in a society which wanted women to revert to their prewar roles as set down by their masters, of keeping their place, that place being in the home and kitchen. She became a national figure for LGBT rights during her playing career. This included taking part in a further tour of France. In 2002 she was the only woman to be made an inaugural inductee into the English Football Hall of Fame at the National Football Museum. The sculpture of Lily Parr, who played professionally in the 1920s, will be unveiled at the National Football Museum in Manchester in June. I see no reason why we should not be recompensated for loss of time at work. Elle pratique tout d'abord de façon informelle sur des terrains vagues, avant de rejoindre l'équipe féminine de St Helen, nommée le Dick, Kerr's Ladies Football Club. Soccer Player.

When the team arrived back in Preston on 9th November, 1920, they had travelled over 2,000 miles. [5], Unlike women's teams today, Parr played against both male and female teams and she reputedly had a harder shot than any male player.

Even though their fastest runner, Alice Woods, was unavailable through illness, the Preston ladies still won the race. Her brother was a keen sportsman and he taught her how to play football and rugby. .css-8h1dth-Link{font-family:ReithSans,Helvetica,Arial,freesans,sans-serif;font-weight:700;-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;color:#FFFFFF;}.css-8h1dth-Link:hover,.css-8h1dth-Link:focus{-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;}Read about our approach to external linking. He also claimed that that the team had raised £140,000 for charity. But it must he remembered that it was men who helped the ladies in their formative years and organised the matches that were to give the girls the foothold in the sport that they so desperately wished for. In 1923 Frankland persuaded Lizzy Ashcroft and Lydia Ackers, two of St Helens best players, to join Preston Ladies. Lily agreed to live in the home of fellow player, Alice Norris.

Birthday May May 22, 1905. [1] En 2002 fue la primera mujer en ganar un lugar en el Salón de la Fama del fútbol inglés en el National Football Museum. Lily was a great success and in her first season scored 43 goals for the club.

Florrie Redford was the leading scorer on the tour but Lily Parr was considered the star player and American newspapers reported that she was the "most brilliant female player in the world". Instead her fearless streak and robust frame allowed her to compete alongside boys in both association football, During the First World War in England there was a growing interest in women's football and Dick, Kerr & Co. was the name of the Preston munitions factory where most of the women on the team worked. Au lieu de cela, sa constitution robuste et son intrépidité lui permettent de jouer avec ses frères des équipes de rugby et de football, deux sports dans lesquels elle excelle rapidement. England won 2-0 in front of 16,000 spectators, a record attendance for the ground. Elle décède des suites d'un cancer en mai 1978[1]. The team included Lily Parr, Jennie Harris, Daisy Clayton, Alice Kell, Florrie Redford, Florrie Haslam, Alice Woods, Jessie Walmsley, Molly Walker, Carmen Pomies, Lily Lee, Alice Mills, Annie Crozier, May Graham, Lily Stanley and R. J. Garrier.

[13] Teammate Joan Whalley said in an interview with Gail Newsham: "She had a kick like a mule. Gail J. Newsham wrote in her book on the team, In a League of their Own (1994) about Lily: "Standing almost six feet tall, with jet black hair, her power and skill was admired and feared, wherever she played.

Parr, who died in 1978 aged 73, was the first woman to feature in the museum's Football Hall of Fame in 2002. The Council are further of the opinion that an excessive proportion of the receipts are absorbed in expenses and an inadequate percentage devoted to Charitable objects. Generation also known as The Greatest Generation. [1], In 2002, she was the only woman to be made an inaugural inductee into the English Football Hall of Fame at the National Football Museum.[2]. Jennie Harris scored twice in the first half and Florrie Redford and Minnie Lyons added further goals before the end of the game.