Marie Kocurek Explained

Marie Kocurek
Height Ft:6
Height In:1
Birth Date:c.1956
High School:Tuloso-Midway
(Corpus Christi, Texas)
College:Wayland Baptist (1974–1978)
Career Position:Center
Draft League:WBL
Draft Year:1978
Draft Team:Houston Angels
Draft Round:3
Years1:1978–1981
Team1:Minnesota Fillies
Years2:1981
Team2:Nebraska Wranglers
Highlights:
  • WBL champion (1981)
  • 2× WBL All-Pro team (1979, 1980)
  • 3× WBL All-Star (1979–1981)

Marie Kocurek (born c.1956) is an American former basketball player. After playing college basketball for Wayland Baptist University, she played three seasons in the Women's Professional Basketball League. After playing her first two and a half season with the Minnesota Fillies, she was traded to the Nebraska Wranglers in 1981 after publicly complain about the Fillies owing her 9,000 dollars in back pay.[1] [2] With the Wranglers, she won the WBL championship in 1981.[3]

Notes and References

  1. News: Josephine Marcotty . Fillies hope debenture offering will score for sports long shot . 21 October 2023 . . 15 March 1981 . 1D, 9D . Newspapers.com.
  2. News: Doug Grow . She spoke up, got shipped out . 21 October 2023 . . 20 February 1981 . 9C . Newspapers.com.
  3. News: Marshall Anderson . Wranglers won last roundup . 21 October 2023 . . 9 March 1989 . 1, 4 . Newspapers.com.