Sharon McMurtry

Sharon F. McMurtry (formerly Remer; born October 31, 1960) is an American retired soccer player and was a member of the United States women's national soccer team from 1985 to 1986. She was the first recipient of the U.S. Soccer Female Athlete of the Year award in 1985.^[3][2][4][5]

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Personal information
Full name	Sharon F. McMurtry[1]
Date of birth	(1960-10-31) October 31, 1960 (age 64)[1]
Place of birth	Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Position(s)	Midfielder[2]
Youth career
	Inglemoor Vikings
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Tacoma Cozars
International career
1985–1986	United States	6	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals
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McMurtry was raised in Bothell, Washington,^[6] and attended Inglemoor High School, where she played volleyball and basketball, in addition to soccer on the boys' team. She was also a member of the Tacoma Cozars club team.^[2] At Seattle University, she played basketball for the Redhawks, not soccer. After one year of college, she dropped out to pursue a short-lived semi-professional basketball career in the Netherlands. She later played and coached in Australia.^[3]

In 2016, McMurtry was included in the Top 50 Women Players ranking by Washington Youth Soccer.^[6]

• Grainey, Timothy (2012), Beyond Bend It Like Beckham: The Global Phenomenon of Women's Soccer, University of Nebraska Press, ISBN 0803240368
• Lisi, Clemente A. (2010), The U.S. Women's Soccer Team: An American Success Story, Scarecrow Press, ISBN 0810874164
• Nash, Tim (2016), It's Not the Glory: The Remarkable First Thirty Years of US Women's Soccer, Lulu Press, ISBN 1483451526

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