Gaynor Flanagan Explained

Gaynor Flanagan
Birth Date:10 January 1933
Birth Place:Perth, Western Australia
Death Place:Adelaide, South Australia
League:Basketball SA
Team:Opals
Number:4
Nationality:Australian

Gaynor Anita Motley (Flanagan, 10 January 1933 – 21 February 1999[1]) was an Australian women's basketball player.[2]

Biography

Flanagan played for the Australia women's national basketball team at the 1957 FIBA World Championship for Women, hosted by Brazil.[3] She married Geof Motley, an Australian rules footballer inducted in the Australian Football Hall of Fame, and mother of Peter Motley who also played Australian football.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gaynor Anita Motley . Centennial Park . 30 November 2020 . en-AU.
  2. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KC6H-XJ2 Brasil, Cartões de Imigração
  3. FIBA Archive. 1957 World Championship for Women. Australia. Retrieved 2017-11-23.
  4. News: Geof Motley officially 'great' . 30 November 2020 . NewsComAu . 8 May 2008 . en.