Mary Ann Seaton (1905 - 1974) was a Northern Irish footballer.[1]

Early life

Seaton was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1905 and at the age of nine her father died.[2]

Career

Seaton was nicknamed "Big Molly".[3] She played for clubs including men's teams.[4] She also captained the Ireland women's team.[5] She had an agent, Josie Farrell, who also worked as a boxing agent.[6] She is regarded as Ireland's greatest women's footballer of all time.[7]

Death

Seaton died in 1974 aged sixty-eight.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Molly Seaton; Belfast's Footballing Legend". bbc.co.uk.
  2. ↑ "Forgotten Heroine of Belfast". footballmakeshistory.eu. 13 September 2020.
  3. ↑ "The Northern Ireland trailblazers for women's football". BBC Sport.
  4. ↑ "Story of Belfast heroine of women's football and Ireland's best". belfasttelegraph.co.uk.
  5. ↑ "Derry's historic links with game". derryjournal.com. 4 September 2019.
  6. ↑ "Dictoionary of Irish Biography".
  7. ↑ "Rough Girls is the remarkable story about Irish football that nobody knows about". irishmirror.ie. 25 July 2021.
  8. ↑ "TRIBUTE TO THE LEGENDARY IRISH WOMAN FOOTBALLER, TALENTED, PIONEER, ICONIC FIGURE". playingpasts.co.uk.


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