Janet Thompson (basketball) explained
Janet Thompson Milner (11 July 1933, in Elliott, Iowa, United States – 9 July 2014) was an American women's basketball player, who played on the first United States women's national basketball team.[1] Thompson played college basketball at Iowa Wesleyan University and earned a gold medal as part of the 1953 team that won the first FIBA World Championship for Women.[2] [3]
Notes and References
- Web site: Janet (Thompson) Milner Weston (1933 - 2014) . 15 July 2014 . The Red Oak Express via Legacy.com.
- Web site: Janet Thompson's profile | 1953 World Championship for Women . Archive.Fiba.Com . 2016-12-29.
- Web site: USA Basketball: FIRST WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FOR WOMEN- 1953 . Archive.usab.com . 2014-06-15 . 2016-12-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160506101614/http://archive.usab.com/womens/national/wwc_1953.html . 2016-05-06 . dead .