Australian Basketball Hall of Fame
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The Australian Basketball Hall of Fame was instituted by the Australian National Basketball League
National Basketball League (Australasia)
The National Basketball League, also known as the iiNet NBL Championship for sponsorship reasons, is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in Australasia....

 in 1998 as the NBL Hall of Fame as part of their 20th birthday celebrations. The NBL initiated the Hall of Fame to recognise the outstanding players, coaches, referees and contributors to the league.

In 2010, the Basketball Australia Hall of Fame and National Basketball League Hall of Fame were united under the ‘Australian Basketball Hall of Fame’ to acknowledge the restructure of the NBL and Basketball Australia into a single, united governing body.

In order to be eligible for induction into the Hall of Fame, NBL candidates must have fulfilled the following criteria:
  • Players must have made an outstanding contribution to the NBL, have been retired for a minimum of four seasons, and have played 100 NBL games or more.
  • Coaches must have made an outstanding contribution to the NBL, have been retired for at least four seasons, and have been an NBL head coach for 10 seasons or more.
  • Referees must have made an outstanding contribution to the league and have been retired for at least four seasons.
  • Contributors must have made an outstanding contribution to the NBL, and may be elected at any time.


Inductees are listed in alphabetical order and both male and female inductees are listed.

Hall of Fame

Name Award Inducted ABF
Basketball Australia
Basketball Australia is the governing and controlling body of basketball in Australia, responsible for the development and promotion of the sport at all levels.Formed in 1939 the organisation was constituted in 1946...

 / NBL
National Basketball League (Australasia)
The National Basketball League, also known as the iiNet NBL Championship for sponsorship reasons, is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in Australasia....

Michael AhMatt Player 2010 ABF
Frank Angove Contributor 2007 ABF
Barry Barnes Coach 1998
2007
NBL
ABF
Sandy Blythe Player 2010 ABF
Ray Borner
Ray Borner
Ray Helmut Borner AM is a former Australian basketball player who competed in the National Basketball League...

Player 2006 NBL
Sandy Brondello
Sandy Brondello
Sandra Anne Brondello is an Australian women's basketball player who played in Australia and the WNBA before retiring to become a coach, most recently with the San Antonio Silver Stars of the WNBA. The 1.70 m Brondello is one of Australia's all-time best shooting guards...

Player 2010 ABF
Cal Bruton
Cal Bruton
Calvin Bruton is a former player and coach in the Australian National Basketball League. Originally an American import, but later becoming a naturalised Australian, Bruton has been an integral part of the league since its inception...

Player 1998 NBL
Ivor Burge Contributor 2004 ABF
Steve Carfino
Steve Carfino
Steve Carfino is a former basketball player, who played for the University of Iowa in college basketball and later in the Australian National Basketball League. After retiring he became a television commentator, focusing on basketball, occasionally covering other sports...

Player 2004 NBL
David Carmichael Contributor 2010 ABF
Wayne Carroll Player 1999 NBL
Jenny Cheesman Player 2004 ABF
Norma Connelly Contributor 2007 ABF
Kevin Coombs Player 2007 ABF
Eddie Crouch Technical Official
Referee
2006
2007
ABF
NBL
Karen Dalton Player 2006
2007
ABF
NBL
George Dancis Player 2007 ABF
Ian Davies Player 2001 NBL
Mark Davis
Mark Davis (NBL)
Mark Davis is a naturalised Australian former basketball player who played from 1985 to 2001 with the National Basketball League's Adelaide 36ers, gaining the nickname of "Chairman of the Boards" for his record breaking rebounding achievements.-Professional career:Davis was signed by then Adelaide...

Player 2006 NBL
Lorraine Eiler Player 2007 ABF
Bob Elphinston Contributor 2007 ABF
Merv Emms Coach
Technical Official
Contributor
2010 ABF
Trish Fallon Player 2010 ABF
Scott Fisher
Scott Fisher (basketball)
Scott Fisher is a retired American-Australian basketball player and former head coach of the National Basketball League's Perth Wildcats.-Playing career:...

Player 2007 NBL
Inga Freidenfelds Player 2007 ABF
Andrew Gaze
Andrew Gaze
Andrew Barry Casson Gaze is Australia's best known basketball player, and one of its most successful. He is considered as the greatest player in the history of the NBL....

Player 2004 ABF
Lindsay Gaze
Lindsay Gaze
Lindsay John Casson Gaze is an Australian basketball player and coach. He played for Australia in three Olympics between 1960 and 1968 and coached the Australian basketball team at four Olympics between 1972 and 1984...

Coach 2004 ABF
Shelley Gorman Player 2010 ABF
Ricky Grace
Ricky Grace
Ricky Ray Grace is an American/Australian professional basketball player who played in the Australian National Basketball League from 1990 until the 2004/2005 season.- Playing career :...

Player 2010 NBL
Al Green
Al Green (basketball)
Al Green is a retired naturalised Australian professional basketball player originally from the United States who played his career in the Australian National Basketball League from 1981 until his retirement in at the end of 1993.-School/College career:Born and bred in the South Bronx, Al Green...

Player 1999 NBL
Elaine Hardwick Player
Coach
Contributor
2010 ABF
John Holden Technical Official 2006 ABF
Adrian Hurley
Adrian Hurley
Dr Adrian Hurley OAM is a former Australian basketball coach and a former player. He is now retired and is presently President of Basketball NSW and serves on advisory committees for Basketball Australia and the National Basketball League....

Coach 2004 ABF
Marie Jackson Player 2006 ABF
Michael Johnson Player 2004 NBL
Greg Love Referee
Contributor
2010 ABF
Damian Keogh Player 2000 NBL
Brian Kerle Coach 2006 NBL
Leroy Loggins
Leroy Loggins
Leroy Loggins is a former professional basketball player who played in the Australian National Basketball League from 1981 to the 2000-01 season...

Player 2006 NBL
Luc Longley
Luc Longley
Lucien James "Luc" Longley is a retired Australian professional basketball player, who was the first Australian to play in the NBA, where he played for eleven seasons...

Player 2006 ABF
Robyn Maher
Robyn Maher
Robyn Maher is a retired female basketball player from Australia, who played for the Sydney Uni Flames. A three-time Olympian she was a member of the national women's team that won the bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.-Personal life:Maher is married to former Opals...

Player 2004 ABF
Tom Maher
Tom Maher
Tom Maher is a basketball coach from Australia, who is the most successful coach in the WNBL history, having won seven WNBL titles...

Coach 2006 ABF
Herb McEachin Player 1998 NBL
Karin McRobert Player 2010 ABF
Arthur McRobbie Contributor 2007 ABL
Keith Miller Coach 2007 ABF
Danny Morseu
Danny Morseu
Danny Morseu is an Australian basketball player who played on the Australian national basketball team in the 1980 Summer Olympics and 1984 Summer Olympics.-International career:...

Player 2002 NBL
Julie Nykiel Player 2010 ABF
Bill Palmer Contributor 1998 NBL
Ed Palubinskas Player 2007 ABF
Darryl Pearce Player 2002 NBL
Henry Perazzo Technical Official 2007 ABF
Alistair Ramsey Contributor
Legend
2004
2006
ABF
ABF
John Raschke Contributor
Contributor
Legend
1998
2004
2007
NBL
ABF
ABF
George Russell Contributor 2006 ABF
Avis Scullin Technical Officia 2007 ABF
Larry Sengstock
Larry Sengstock
Larry Sengstock is a retired Australian basketball player and the current CEO of Basketball Australia and NBL....

Player 2001
2006
NBL
ABF
Phil Smyth
Phil Smyth
Philip John Smyth AM is an Australian former basketball player and former three time championship winning head coach of the National Basketball League's Adelaide 36ers.-Professional career:...

Player 2000
2004
NBL
ABF
Malcolm Speed
Malcolm Speed
Malcolm Walter Speed is an Australian businessman and the former CEO of the International Cricket Council.Before he entered the world of cricket, he was a barrister in Melbourne. He was originally the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Cricket Board from 1997 until in 2001, he took up the...

Contributor 2000 NBL
Rachael Sporn
Rachael Sporn
Rachael Pamela Sporn is a former Australian basketball player. She played for Adelaide Lightning in Australia's Women's National Basketball League where she was twice league MVP and seven times selected in the WNBL All-Star Five. She heads the all-time points scoring and rebound list for the WNBL...

Player 2007 ABF
Bob Staunton Player 2006 ABF
Sid Taylor Technical Official 2004 ABF
Michelle Timms Player 2006 ABF
Ray Tomlinson Coach 2006 ABF
Bob Turner Coach 2000 NBL
Andrew Vlahov
Andrew Vlahov
Andrew Mitchell Vlahov is a retired Australian professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball League of Australia from 1991 through till the 2001/2002 season...

Player 2007 NBL
Betty Watson Contributor 2006 NBL
Michael Wrublewski Contributor 2010 NBL
Bill Wyatt Player 2010 ABF

† Deceased
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