1922 22 Apr. 9/6 (headline) Sports girls who ‘play the game’.
1938 J. Betjeman in 12 Nov. 777/1 I adore you, Pam, you great big mountainous sports girl.
2007 (Nexis) 1 July (Sport section) 8 Maybe she is a disaster waiting to happen, like so many other American sports-girls who were hot-housed at a ridiculously young age.