Hockey star and 'Queensland Great' Daphne Pirie dies aged 90 - ABC News

4/2/2022 12:00:00 AM3 years 11 months ago
by Lillian Rangiah

Two things caught Daphne Pirie's eye on a sports field in her 20s, a man who'd one day become her husband and the hockey stick in his arm, with the trailblazer remembered as a hockey pioneer.

Champion hockey player Daphne Pirie has been remembered as a lifelong lover of sport and a trailblazer for female athletes in Queensland, right up until her death at 90 years of age on Friday.