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Sarah Fuller becomes first woman to play major American college football conference game, kicking for Vanderbilt
Sarah Fuller has become the first woman to play for an American football team in a major conference, donning the pads and cleats for Vanderbilt University.
Key points:
- Sarah Fuller is the goalkeeper for Vanderbilt’s championship-winning women’s soccer team
- A COVID-19 outbreak left the coach of the football team looking for a new kicker, and Fuller filled in
- Other women have played for men’s teams in college football, but not in a “major conference football game”
Unfortunately, Vanderbilt was beaten so soundly by the University of Missouri — 41-0 — that she only got on the field for the second-half kick-off, but it was enough to make history.
Fuller, the goalkeeper for Vanderbilt’s championship-winning women’s soccer team, got the call-up…
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