Janet Williams (basketball)
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Janet Williams (born 15 September 1953) is a retired Australian women's basketball player.
Biography
[edit]Williams played for the Australia women's national basketball team during the late 1970s and competed for Australia at the 1979 World Championship held in South Korea.[2] Williams also played for the Opals in a 1978 basketball tour of Europe and China.[3][4] At 5'8" tall, Williams played as a Shooting guard.[3]
In the domestic Women's National Basketball League (WNBL), Williams played for the Sutherland Sharks (1981 - 85).[5] In 1980, Williams stated that lack of finance was the single most important reason that Australia was not a force in international basketball.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ FIBA Archive. Janet Williams. Retrieved 2013-04-01.
- ^ FIBA Archive. 1979 World Championship for Women. Australia. Retrieved 2013-04-01.
- ^ a b c Mossop, Brian (3 October 1980). Basketball girls set to show the flag. The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2013-04-01.
- ^ Top players for basketball (11 April 1979). The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2013-04-01.
- ^ Women's National Basketball League. Player Directory (page 40) Archived 15 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2013-04-01.
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