FILE PHOTO: Australia's Cheryl Salisbury reacts after her team lost to Brazil during their quarter-final soccer match at the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup in Tianjin September 23, 2007. REUTERS/Jason Lee
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Former Australia soccer captain and the country's most capped player, Cheryl Salisbury, will become the first female footballer to be inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame next month.
Widely considered the pioneer of women's soccer in Australia, Salisbury will receive one of the highest laurels in sports in the country on Oct. 10 when she is inducted as an Athlete Member of The Sport Australia Hall of Fame.
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