Molly Seaton

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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