Bronte Cockburn Explained

Bronte Cockburn
Position:Guard
Birth Date:14 June 1941
Birth Place:Fullarton, Adelaide, South Australia
Nationality:Australian

Bronte Cockburn (born 14 June 1941) is a retired Australian women's basketball player.

Biography

Cockburn played for the Australia women's national basketball team at the 1957 World Championship held in Brazil.[1] [2] She was only 16 years-old when she travelled with the team to compete in the Championship.[3] Cockburn was captain of the South Australian junior school girls team which won the Australian trophy in 1954.[4] She was named to the All-Australian schoolgirls team the same year.[5] At 13 years-old, Cockburn was already playing top grade women's basketball in Adelaide.[6]

Cockburn is the daughter of Jack Cockburn, who won the 1935 Magarey Medal for the South Australian National Football Leagues best and fairest player.[7]

Notes and References

  1. FIBA Archive. 1957 World Championship for Women. Australia. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
  2. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:27NM-6J9 Brasil, Cartões de Imigração
  3. Basketball Australia. Opals History. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
  4. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article47610451 Junior Basketballers Win Trophy for S.A.
  5. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article47614183 Basketball Win to S.A. Schoolgirls
  6. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article47612303 Basketballers Star in Final
  7. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article47401678 Sport Runs in the Family