Australian Basketball Hall of Fame

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The Australian Basketball Hall of Fame was instituted by the National Basketball League (NBL) in 1998 as the NBL Hall of Fame as part of their 20th season celebrations. The NBL initiated the Hall of Fame to recognise the outstanding players, coaches, referees and contributors to the league. In 2010, the NBL Hall of Fame united with the Basketball Australia Hall of Fame to create the 'Australian Basketball Hall of Fame'.[1][2]

To be eligible for induction into the Hall of Fame, NBL candidates must have fulfilled the following criteria:

  • Players must have made an outstanding contribution to the NBL, have been retired for a minimum of four seasons, and have played 100 NBL games or more.
  • Coaches must have made an outstanding contribution to the NBL, have been retired for at least four seasons, and have been an NBL head coach for 10 seasons or more.
  • Referees must have made an outstanding contribution to the league and have been retired for at least four seasons.
  • Contributors must have made an outstanding contribution to the NBL, and may be elected at any time.

As of June 2022, the Australian Basketball Hall of Fame has six members with legend status: Alistair Ramsay, Betty Watson, John Raschke, Lindsay Gaze, Michele Timms and Andrew Gaze.[3]

On 1 July 2024, Basketball Australia announced that an entire team, the 2006 Woman's World Cup champions, would be inducted into the Australian Basketball Hall of Fame. It marked the first team to be inducted.[4]

Inductees

† Indicates those inductees who are now deceased
Year Name BA / NBL Category
1998
2007 		Barry Barnes NBL
BA 		Coach
1998 Cal Bruton NBL Player
1998 Herb McEachin NBL Player
1998 Bill Palmer NBL Contributor
1998
2004
2007 		John Raschke † NBL
BA
BA 		Contributor
Contributor
Legend
1999 Wayne Carroll NBL Player
1999 Al Green NBL Player
2000 Damian Keogh NBL Player
2000
2004 		Phil Smyth NBL
BA 		Player
2000 Malcolm Speed NBL Contributor
2000 Bob Turner NBL Coach
2001 Ian Davies NBL Player
2001
2006 		Larry Sengstock NBL
BA 		Player
2002 Danny Morseu NBL Player
2002 Darryl Pearce NBL Player
2004 Ivor Burge † BA Contributor
2004 Steve Carfino NBL Player
2004 Jenny Cheesman BA Player
2004
2022 		Andrew Gaze BA
BA 		Player
Legend
2004 Lindsay Gaze BA
BA 		Coach
Legend
2004 Adrian Hurley BA Coach
2004 Michael Johnson NBL Player
2004 Robyn Maher BA Player
2004
2006 		Alistair Ramsay BA
BA 		Contributor
Legend
2004 Sid Taylor BA Technical Official
2006 Ray Borner NBL Player
2006
2007 		Eddie Crouch BA
NBL 		Technical Official
Referee
2006 George Dancis BA Player
2006 Mark Davis NBL Player
2006 John Holden BA Technical Official
2006 Maree Jackson BA Player
2006 Brian Kerle NBL Coach
2006 Leroy Loggins NBL Player
2006 Luc Longley BA Player
2006 Tom Maher BA Coach
2006 Pat Moore BA Contributor
2006 George Russell BA Contributor
2006 Bob Staunton † BA Contributor
2006 Michelle Timms BA
BA 		Player
Legend
2006 Ray Tomlinson BA Coach
2006 Betty Watson BA
BA 		Contributor
Legend
2007 Frank Angove † BA Contributor
2007 Norma Connolly BA Contributor
2007 Kevin Coombs BA Player
2007 Karen Dalton BA Player
2007 Lorraine Eiler BA Player
2007 Bob Elphinston BA Contributor
2007 Scott Fisher NBL Player
2007 Inga Freidenfelds BA Player
2007 Arthur McRobbie † BA Contributor
2007 Keith Miller BA Coach
2007 Ed Palubinskas BA Player
2007 Henry Perazzo † BA Technical Official
2007 Avis Scullin BA Technical Official
2007 Rachael Sporn BA Player
2007 Andrew Vlahov NBL Player
2010 Michael Ah Matt † Player
2010 Sandy Blythe † Player
2010 Sandy Brondello Player
2010 David Carmichael Contributor
2010 Merv Emms † Contributor
2010 Trish Fallon Player
2010 Shelley Gorman Player
2010 Ricky Grace Player
2010 Elaine Hardwick Player
2010 Greg Love Contributor
2010 Karin McRobert Player
2010 Julie Nykiel Player
2010 Michael Wrublewski † Contributor
2010 Bill Wyatt Player
2012 Ken Cole[5] Player
Coach
2013 Mark Bradtke Player
2013 James Crawford Player
2013 Kathy Foster Player
2013 Brian Goorjian Coach
2013 Neil Hamilton-Smith Contributor
2013 John Heard Player
2013 Sue Hobbs Player
2013 John Martin Technical Official
2013 Pat Mickan Player
2013 Charles Ryan † Contributor
2013 Jan Stirling Coach
2013 Tom York Contributor
2016 Perry Crosswhite Player
2016 Jean Forster Player
2016 Ron Harvey Contributor
2016 Patrick Hunt Coach
2016 Liesl Tesch Player
2016 Ken Watson † Coach
Contributor
2016 Jenny Whittle Player
2017 Lucille Bailie Player
2017 Karen Blicavs Player
2017 Carrie Graf Coach
2017 Kristi Harrower Player
2017 Ken Madsen Contributor
2018 Brett Maher[6] Player
2018 Tony Ronaldson[6] Player
2018 Glen Saville[6] Player
2019 Lanard Copeland Player
2019 Brad Dalton Player
2019 Ray Hunt Referee
2019 Lauren Jackson Player
2019 Lorraine Landon Contributor
2019 Bill Mildenhall Referee
2019 Troy Sachs Player
2019 Allison Tranquilli Player
2022 Chris Anstey Player
2022 Michelle Brogan Player
2022 Peter Harcourt Contributor
2022 Penny Taylor Player
2024 Sharon Arnold Referee
2024 Suzy Batkovic Player
2024 C. J. Bruton Player
2024 Matthew Nielsen Player
2024 Brad Ness Player
2024 Belinda Snell Player

References

  1. ^ "Hall of Fame". NBL.com.au. Archived from the original on 18 August 2010.
  2. ^ "CURRENT BA/NBL HALL OF FAME MEMBERS (MARCH 2010)" (PDF). basketball.net.au. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 December 2010.
  3. ^ "Andrew Gaze Elevated to Legend Status". NBL.com.au. 16 June 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  4. ^ "First team to be inducted into the Australian Basketball Hall of Fame". Basketball Australia. 1 July 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  5. ^ "'KING' KEN COLE TO BE INDUCTED INTO BASKETBALL AUSTRALIA HALL OF FAME". australia.basketball. 8 November 2012. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  6. ^ a b c "THREE NBL LEGENDS TO BE INDUCTED INTO AUSTRALIAN BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME". australia.basketball. 27 February 2018. Retrieved 16 December 2019.