Tami Maida was the groundbreaking junior varsity
quarterback
The quarterback (commonly abbreviated "QB"), colloquially known as the "signal caller", is a position in gridiron football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive platoon and mostly line up directly behind the offensive line. In modern Ame ...
at
Philomath High School in
Philomath, Oregon
Philomath ( ) is a city in Benton County, Oregon, United States. It was named for Philomath (Greek, "love of learning") College. The population was 4,584 at the 2010 census and was most recently estimated in 2019 to have a population of 5,666. ...
. In 1981, she became the first known quarterback to also become
homecoming princess. After a year at Philomath, she and her family moved back to their hometown of
Prince George, British Columbia
Prince George is the largest city in northern British Columbia, Canada, with a population of 74,004 in the metropolitan area. It is often called the province's "northern capital" or sometimes the "spruce capital" because it is the hub city for ...
.
Her story was the basis of the CBS movie ''
Quarterback Princess'', with
Helen Hunt as Maida.
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Football Players who were Homecoming Queens
High school football players in the United States
Canadian players of American football
Living people
Sportspeople from Prince George, British Columbia
Female players of American football
People from Philomath, Oregon
Year of birth missing (living people)
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