Sandra Brentnall
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Brentnall was born in Nottingham, UK in 1962, daughter of Australian soccer player Mike Brentnall. She played soccer in Nottingham as a child on a boys' soccer team. In 1974, at 12 years old, she and her family immigrated from Nottingham to Perth, Australia.[6][4][7]
Career
Brentnall joined Australia women's national soccer team, the Matildas, when she was 17. She scored Australia's first international goal in 'A' Women's Soccer on October 6, 1979 against New Zealand during her debut game.[6][8][9] She achieved the first hat trick for Australia, also against New Zealand.[8]
She was inducted into the Football Hall of Fame Western Australia Hall of Champions in 1996, and into the Hall of Legends in 2012.[7] She was inducted into the Football Australia Hall of Fame in 2014.[10]
References
- ↑ "Sandra Brentnall". MyFootball. Football Federation Australia. 17 December 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
- ↑ "Teams of the Decades - Women's 1979-1989". MyFootball. Football Federation Australia. 20 December 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
- ↑ Howe, Andrew. "Official Media Guide of Australia at the FIFA Women's World Cup Germany 2011" (PDF). Football Federation Australia. Retrieved 28 May 2019 – via WomenSoccer.com.au.
- 1 2 Seemampillai, Janakan (22 May 2020). "Before Kerr, there was 'Peewee': The greatest Matildas striker you've never heard of". The Women's Game. NextMedia. Archived from the original on 26 January 2025. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
- ↑ "After a number of false dawns, WA women's soccer stalwart Sandra Brentnall has finally hung up her boots for good and drawn the curtain on a decorated playing career that spanned 40 years". Weekend Courier. Perth: Nationwide News. 7 March 2014. p. 54.
- 1 2 Schmidt, Molly (16 July 2023). "Australia's first international goal of women's soccer was scored by Sandra Brentnall in boots that didn't fit her". abc.net.au. ABC Radio Perth. Archived from the original on 28 January 2024. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
- 1 2 "The 1970's". footballhalloffamewa.com.au. Football Hall of Fame Western Australia. Archived from the original on 1 March 2025. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
- 1 2 Seemampillai, Janakan (14 October 2020). "'Not enough understanding' of Matildas history, say former stars". thewomensgame.com. Archived from the original on 19 January 2021. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
- ↑ Brentnall, Sandra (11 July 2023). "Sandra Brentnall – Take a Chance on Me" (Transcript). Game Changers (Interview). Interviewed by Marano, Kristen. Centre for Stories. Retrieved 11 March 2025 – via State Library of Western Australia Oral History Collection.
- ↑ "Tom Sermanni and Sandra Brentnall inducted into FFA Hall of Fame". thewomensgame.com. 16 December 2014. Archived from the original on 24 September 2021.
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