List of female American football players
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The following is a list of female
American football
players. Notable women who presently play or have previously played American football are included on this list.
Female
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American football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
players. Notable women who presently play or have previously played American football are included on this list.
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Players
- Ashley Baker, former college football placekicker at Framingham State University.
- Tonya ButlerTonya ButlerTonya Butler is an American athlete who is the first woman ever to score a field goal in a college football game. She accomplished this feat on September 13, 2003, as a placekicker for the University of West Alabama Tigers, which was competing in the National Collegiate Athletic Association ...
, first female to score a field goal in a NCAA game. - Hillary Carter, former college football placekicker at Earlham CollegeEarlham CollegeEarlham College is a liberal arts college in Richmond, Indiana. It was founded in 1847 by Quakers and has approximately 1,200 students.The president is John David Dawson...
. - Liz HeastonLiz HeastonElizabeth "Liz" Heaston Thompson is an American athlete who is the first woman ever to score in a college football game. She accomplished this feat on October 18, 1997 as a placekicker for the Willamette University Bearcats, which was competing in the National Association of Intercollegiate...
, first female to play and score in a college footballCollege footballCollege football refers to American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, colleges, and military academies, or Canadian football played by teams of student athletes fielded by Canadian universities...
game1997 Linfield vs. Willamette football gameThe 1997 Linfield vs. Willamette football game was a college football game between the and the played on October 18, 1997. The game was played at McCulloch Stadium in Salem, Oregon. Willamette won the game by a score of 27 to 0... - Katie HnidaKatie HnidaKatharine Anne "Katie" Hnida is an American football player who became the first woman to score in an NCAA Division I-A game, college football's highest level...
, first female to score in a Division I-A bowl gameBowl gameIn North America, a bowl game is commonly considered to refer to one of a number of post-season college football games. Prior to 2002, bowl game statistics were not included in players' career totals and the games were mostly considered to be exhibition games involving a payout to participating...
. - Ashley MartinAshley MartinAshley Martin is an American athlete who became the first woman to play and score in an NCAA Division I American football game, and one of the first ever to score points in any college football game. She accomplished this feat August 30, 2001 as a placekicker for the Jacksonville State University...
, first female to score in a NCAA game - Anita MarksAnita MarksAnita Marks is a radio personality - football sideline reporter - and former women's professional football player.Anita is a former host of sports talk radio on 105.7 The Fan in Baltimore. She co-hosted a show which was also simulcast on MASN-TV...
, former college flag football player, women's professional football player, and later sports commentator - Patricia PalinkasPatricia PalinkasPatricia "Pat" Palinkas is credited as the first and, until Katie Hnida signed with the Fort Wayne Firehawks in 2010, only woman to play American football professionally. She was a placekick holder for her husband Steven Palinkas for the minor league Orlando Panthers in the Atlantic Coast...
, first female to play professional footballProfessional footballIn the United States and Canada, the term professional football includes the professional forms of American and Canadian gridiron football. In common usage, it refers to former and existing major football leagues in either country... - Brittany Ryan, former college football placekicker at Lebanon Valley CollegeLebanon Valley CollegeLebanon Valley College is a small, liberal arts higher education institution situated in the heart of Annville in Lebanon County, east of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.-History:...
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