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Meet Beverly Ranger, forgotten superstar of the women's game - ESPN

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With the scoreline level, Bonner SC's Beverly Ranger received the ball and maneuvered her way around five SV Bergisch Gladbach defenders, gliding with ease as the ball glued to her feet.

The 22-year-old then did the same with the goalkeeper and tapped into the empty net to score a goal so impressive that it earned her ARD Sportchau's Goal of the Month award for April 1975.

The Jamaican star became the first Black woman, and only the second woman ever, to win the prestigious prize for the best goal in Germany that was routinely dominated by male Bundesliga players.

The wide media recognition earned her a sponsorship from sportswear giant, Puma, and she was even paid under a club contract.

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