Barbara Douglas Cox (born 10 May 1947) is a former association football player who represented New Zealand. Cox captained the New Zealand women's team in their first ever international as they beat Hong Kong 2–0 on 25 August 1975 at the inaugural

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. She finished her international career with 34 caps to her credit. In the

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, Cox was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire, for services to soccer. Cox has a 1998 Master's degree from the University of Auckland titled ''Multiple bodies : sportswomen, soccer and sexuality'' and a PhD completed in 2010 titled ''Issues of power in a history of women's football in New Zealand: A Foucauldian genealogy'', under the supervision of Toni Bruce. In 2013, Cox became a founding committee member of the independent group Friends of FootballFriends of Football Committee
. Friends of Football. Retrieved 31 December 2014. Cox's daughters

Michele Cox Keri-Michele Cox (born 9 October 1968) is an association football player who represented New Zealand. Cox made her Football Ferns The New Zealand women's national football team, nicknamed the Football Ferns, is governed by New Zealand Fo ...

and Tara Cox also represented New Zealand.

Honours

New Zealand * AFC Women's Championship:

1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

References

1947 births Living people New Zealand women's international footballers New Zealand women's association footballers New Zealand Members of the Order of the British Empire Women's association football defenders {{NewZealand-women-footy-bio-stub