Lucille Hamilton Explained

Lucille Hamilton
Birth Date:25 May 1969
Birth Place:Melbourne, Victoria
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Lucille Maree Hamilton (born 25 May 1969) is a former Australian women's basketball player.[1] Her married name is Lucille Bailie.[2] [3]

Biography

Hamilton played for the Australia women's national basketball team during the late 1980s and early 1990s and competed for Australia at the 1990 World Championship in Brazil.[4] Hamilton also represented Australia at the 1989 World Championship for Junior Women held in Spain, where she won a bronze medal.[5] [6] [7]

In the domestic Women's National Basketball League (WNBL), Hamilton played 377 games for the Dandenong Rangers and Canberra Capitals. This equalled the all-time record held with Rachael Sporn,[8] [9] until it was broken by the Canberra Capitals' Jess Bibby on 14 November 2015.[10] In 1988, Hamilton won the inaugural Australian WNBL Youth Player of the Year, now known as the Betty Watson Rookie of the Year.[11] [12] [13] In 1998, Hamilton was awarded Life Membership to the WNBL.[14] Hamilton's younger sister, Jacinta Hamilton, also played for the national basketball team at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.[9]

She ran as a Liberal Party candidate in the 2004 Australian Capital Territory general election,[15] but was not elected.[16]

See also

Notes and References

  1. FIBA Archive. World Championship for Women. Player Profile: Lucille Hamilton. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20080721032052/http://www.wnbl.com.au/index.php?id=351 Canberra Capitals Club History
  3. Stateline Canberra. Transcript Broadcast: 30/04/2004. Australian Broadcast Corporation. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
  4. FIBA Archive. 1990 World Championship for Women. Australia. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
  5. FIBA Archive. 1989 World Championship for Junior Women. Team: Australia. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
  6. FIBA Archive. 1989 World Championship for Junior Women. Final Standings. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
  7. http://www.ausport.gov.au/ais/sports/basketball/achievements/australian_representative_history Basketball Australian Representative History (1989)
  8. Women's National Basketball League. Players with 100 or more career games . Retrieved 13 October 2012.
  9. Howell, Stephen (5 December 2005). Little awesome Jacinta. Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
  10. News: . WNBL: Jess Bibby's big moment fails to snap Canberra Capitals out of slump . 14 November 2015 . 15 November 2015 . Jon . Huxworth .
  11. http://www.ausport.gov.au/news/ais_news/Taylor_Roberts_named_Womens_National_Basketball_League_Rookie_of_the_Year Tayla Roberts named Women's National Basketball League Rookie of the Year
  12. http://www.basketball.net.au/index.php?id=934 Betty Watson
  13. https://web.archive.org/web/20080721050249/http://www.wnbl.com.au/index.php?id=92 Youth and Rookie Player of the Year
  14. http://www.wnbl.com.au/index.php?id=61 WNBL Life Members
  15. News: Stateline Canberra . 30 April 2004 . Kathleen . Hyland . Australian Broadcasting Corporation . 15 November 2015.
  16. Web site: List of elected candidates - 2004 Election . Elections ACT . 15 November 2015.

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