Game Changers: The Lady Referee (with Marilyn Learmont)

Marilyn has the great honour of being the first W…

An episode of the The State Library of WA podcast, hosted by StateLibraryWA, titled "Game Changers: The Lady Referee (with Marilyn Learmont)" was published on July 13, 2023 and runs 22 minutes.

July 13, 2023 ·22m · The State Library of WA

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Marilyn has the great honour of being the first West Australian female referee to crash into the male-dominated game in the late 1970’s. She progressed quickly from officiating schools’ football to State League, and in 1992 became the first woman to run the line in a National men’s Soccer League game. Marilyn also had the line for the 1992 Australia-Brazil youth international friendly. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Marilyn has the great honour of being the first West Australian female referee to crash into the male-dominated game in the late 1970’s. She progressed quickly from officiating schools’ football to State League, and in 1992 became the first woman to run the line in a National men’s Soccer League game. Marilyn also had the line for the 1992 Australia-Brazil youth international friendly.

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