PLAYER, COACH, PRESIDENT & FILM MAKER

When a friend brought Geraldine Harris to a game, she had no idea she would dedicate more than 50 years of her life to it. She started playing for the women’s team at aged 13 in 1963. And played for Budapest/Grovely, Pine Rivers, North Star and Brighton before she was banned for life in 1973. She disagreed with a referee (Yep, she didn’t strike him or swear or anything like that). She was pardoned in 1977, but her thoughts had turned to coaching and the politics of soccer by then. Including being President of the South Queensland Women’s Soccer Association (82-87) she played, coached, and managed football and guided the development of Atlanta Field. Gerry Harris is one of the key figures in the development of woman’s football in Brisbane and across the State.