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Here’s the first ever female footballer to get a statue [Photos]

Hannah Stewart sculpting Lilly Parr's statue [Courtesy]

Women’s football pioneer and prolific left winger Lilly Parr is set to become the first ever footballer of her gender to be honoured with a life-sized statue.

Parr, who was the first woman to be inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame, graced the field for the first time almost 100 years ago.

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