Lily Parr practises the javelin as part of her training with Preston Ladies FC, 1938 On this very day in April 1905, a true English footballing icon was born. We are of course talking about Lily Parr, oone of the first professional female footballers in the country. Indeed, if
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Let’s Hear It For… Lily Parr: The Six-Foot, Chain-Smoking Pioneer Of English Women’s Football

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