Joyce Brown (netball)

Joyce Brown
OAM
Personal information
Full name Joyce Alice Brown[1][2] (née Anderson)
Born (1938-09-29) 29 September 1938 (age 86)[3]
Victoria, Australia[4]
University University of Melbourne
Children Fraser Brown
Relatives Doug Anderson (father)
Netball career
Playing position(s): GA, GS ?
Years Club team(s) Apps
1958–1963 Victoria
Years National team(s) Caps
1963 Australia 9
Coaching career
Years Team(s)
1972–1975 Victoria
1975 Australia
1979 Victoria
1983–1993 Australia
1999–2002 Melbourne Phoenix
Medal record
Representing  Australia
World Netball Championships
Gold medal – first place 1963 Eastbourne Team

Joyce Alice Brown (née Anderson) OAM (born 29 September 1938) is a former Australia netball international and national team head coach. Brown captained Australia at the inaugural 1963 World Netball Championships, winning a gold medal. She later coached Australia at the 1975, 1983 and 1991 World Netball Championships and at the 1993 World Games, guiding the team to four gold medals. Brown never lost a World Netball Championship match, either as a player or coach. In 1992 she was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia. Between 1999 and 2002, Brown served as head coach of Melbourne Phoenix in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy league, leading them to the premiership in 2000 and 2002. Brown also served as a netball umpire and sports administrator.

Early life, family and education

Brown is the daughter of Doug Anderson, who during the 1920s played Australian rules football for Fitzroy. In her youth, Brown played tennis, before taking up netball in primary school. She graduated from the University of Melbourne as a physical education teacher. Together with her husband, Colin, she lived in Mooroolbark. Their son, Fraser Brown, played Australian rules football for Carlton during the 1990s.[3][5][6][7][8]

Playing career

Victoria

Between 1958 and 1963, Brown played for Victoria in the Australian National Netball Championships.[3][5] In 2000, together with Sharelle McMahon, Wilma Shakespear, Myrtle Baylis, Shelley O'Donnell and Simone McKinnis, Brown was named in Netball Victoria's Team of the Century.[9]

Australia

Brown captained Australia at the inaugural 1963 World Netball Championships, winning a gold medal. The team was coached by Lorna McConchie and also featured Wilma Shakespear. Brown made all her nine senior appearances for Australia at the 1963 tournament.[3][4][5][10][11][12][9]

Tournaments Place
1963 World Netball Championships[12][13][14] 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Coaching career

Victoria

Between 1972 and 1975 and again in 1979, Brown coached Victoria in the Australian National Netball Championships.[3]

Australia

Brown coached Australia at the 1975, 1983 and 1991 World Netball Championships and at the 1993 World Games, guiding the team to four goal medals.[3][5][4][10][11][15] In 1992 Brown, along with the rest of the gold medal-winning 1991 World Netball Championship squad, were awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia.[1] In 2008, Brown was inducted into the Australian Netball Hall of Fame.[16][17]

Tournaments Place
1975 World Netball Championships[18] 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1983 World Netball Championships[19] 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1991 World Netball Championships[20][21] 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1993 World Games[15] 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Melbourne Phoenix

Between 1999 and 2002, Brown served as head coach of Melbourne Phoenix in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy league, leading them to the premiership in 2000.[3][4][22]

Umpire and administrator

Brown has also served as a netball umpire and sports administrator. She has served as a board member of the Australian Institute of Sport, the Confederation of Australian Sport, Netball Victoria and Netball Australia.[3]

Joyce Brown Coach of the Year

In 2014 Netball Australia introduced the Joyce Brown Coach of the Year award. Past winners have included Roselee Jencke, Lisa Alexander, Simone McKinnis and Stacey Marinkovich.[23]

Honours

Player

Australia

Head coach

Australia
Melbourne Phoenix

Individual awards

Year Award
1961 AA Umpires Award
1981 AA Service Award
1981 Netball Victoria Life Membership [2]
1989 Sport Australia Hall of Fame
1992 Medal of the Order of Australia[1]
2000 Netball Victoria Hall of Fame[24]
2000 Australian Sports Medal
2001 Centenary Medal
2001 Victorian Honour Roll of Women.[25]
2008 Australian Netball Hall of Fame[16][17]

Source:[3][4][5]

Bibliography

  • Brown, Joyce (1971) [First published 1966]. Netball Playing and Coaching. Melbourne: Cheshire.
  • Brown, Joyce (1978). Netball the Australian Way. Lilydale, Victoria: J. Brown. ISBN 0959616608.
  • Brown, Joyce; Harris, John (1988). Netball Skills. Sydney: Doubleday. ISBN 0868243124.

References

  1. ^ a b c "QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY HONOURS ORDER OF AUSTRALIA". The Canberra Times. Vol. 66, no. 20, 875. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 8 June 1992. p. 4. Retrieved 29 September 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ a b "Life Members". vic.netball.com.au. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Joyce Brown – Sport Australia Hall of Fame". sahof.org.au. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Joyce Brown OAM". diamonds.netball.com.au. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Joyce Brown an Australian netball icon ahead of her time". ESPN. 10 July 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  6. ^ "Ivanhoe Footballers who played VFL, AFL". ivanhoeafc.com. 5 March 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  7. ^ "Fraser Brown". blueseum.org. 5 March 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  8. ^ "The estate a gold nugget built for a who's who list of owners". Herald Sun. realestate.com.au. 11 February 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  9. ^ a b "Team of the Century". vic.netball.com.au. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  10. ^ a b "Joyce Brown – Legend of the Australian Netball Hall of Fame". 21 August 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2021 – via YouTube.
  11. ^ a b "Australia at the Netball World Cup" (PDF). Netball Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 October 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  12. ^ a b "Women Netball I World Championship 1963 Eastbourne". todor66.com. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  13. ^ "1963 1st World Tournament, Eastbourne, August". ournetballhistory.org.uk. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  14. ^ "1963 Australian Netball Team – Sport Australia Hall of Fame". sahof.org.au. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  15. ^ a b "Women Netball World Games 1993 The Hague". todor66.com. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  16. ^ a b "Australian Netball Hall of Fame". netball.asn.au. Archived from the original on 28 March 2013. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
  17. ^ a b "2008 Annual Report - Netball Australia" (PDF). netball.com.au. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  18. ^ "Women Netball IV World Championship 1975 Auckland". todor66.com. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  19. ^ "Women Netball VI World Championship 1983 Singapore". todor66.com. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  20. ^ "Women Netball VIII World Championship 1991 Sydney". todor66.com. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  21. ^ "1991 Australian Netball Team – Sport Australia Hall of Fame". sahof.org.au. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  22. ^ "20 years on for the 2000 Melbourne Phoenix Premiership team". vic.netball.com.au. 30 November 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  23. ^ "Australian Netball Awards". netball.com.au. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  24. ^ "Hall of Fame". vic.netball.com.au. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  25. ^ The Victorian Government (2017). Victorian Honour Roll of Women 2017 (PDF). Melbourne: Office of Prevention & Women’s Equality. p. 34. ISBN 978-0-7311-6656-5.