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Patricia Palinkas

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Patricia "Pat" Palinkas (née Barczi, born 1943) is credited as the first and, until Katie Hnida signed with the Fort Wayne Firehawks in 2010, only woman to play American football professionally in a league made predominately of men. [1]

16 relations: American football, Atlantic Coast Football League, Cosmo Iacavazzi, Field goal range, Fort Wayne FireHawks, Holder (gridiron football), Katie Hnida, Life (magazine), List of female American football players, List of women's firsts, Northern Illinois University, Orlando Panthers, Orlando Sentinel, Practice squad, Sports Illustrated, Tampa, Florida.

American football

American football, referred to as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end.

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Atlantic Coast Football League

The Atlantic Coast Football League (ACFL) was a minor football league that operated from 1962 to 1973.

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Cosmo Iacavazzi

Cosmo Joseph Iacavazzi (some sources say Cosmo Iacovazzi, born August 18, 1943) is a former American football player.

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Field goal range

Field goal range is the part of the field in American football where there is a good chance that a field goal attempt will be successful.

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Fort Wayne FireHawks

The Fort Wayne FireHawks were a professional indoor football team based in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

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Holder (gridiron football)

In American football and Canadian football, the holder is the player who receives the snap from the long snapper during field goal or extra point attempts made by the placekicker.

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Katie Hnida

Katharine Anne Hnida (born May 17, 1981) is an American football player who became the first woman to score in an NCAA Division I-A game, college football's highest level.

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Life (magazine)

Life was an American magazine that ran regularly from 1883 to 1972 and again from 1978 to 2000.

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List of female American football players

Women's gridiron football, more commonly known as women's American football, women's Canadian football, or simply women's football, is a form of gridiron football (American or Canadian) played by women.

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List of women's firsts

This is a list of women's firsts noting the first time that a woman or women achieved a given historical feat.

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Northern Illinois University

Northern Illinois University (NIU) is a public research university in DeKalb, Illinois, United States, with satellite centers in Chicago, Hoffman Estates, Naperville, Rockford, and Oregon.

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Orlando Panthers

The Orlando Panthers were a professional American football team based in Orlando, Florida.

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Orlando Sentinel

The Orlando Sentinel is the primary newspaper of Orlando, Florida and the Central Florida region.

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Practice squad

In sports, the practice squad, also called the taxi squad or practice roster, is a group of players signed by a team but not part of their main roster.

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Sports Illustrated

Sports Illustrated is an American sports magazine owned by Meredith Corporation.

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Tampa, Florida

Tampa is a major city in, and the county seat of, Hillsborough County, Florida, United States.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Palinkas

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