Australian Basketball Hall of Fame

The Australian Basketball Hall of Fame was instituted by the National Basketball League (NBL) 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.^[1]

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.^[2]

Hall of Fame

Name	Award	Inducted	ABF / NBL
Michael Ah Matt †	Player	2010	ABF
Frank Angove †	Contributor	2007	ABF
Barry Barnes	Coach	1998 2007	NBL ABF
Sandy Blythe†	Player	2010	ABF
Ray Borner	Player	2006	ABF NBL
Mark Bradtke	Player	2013	ABF NBL
Sandy Brondello	Player	2010	ABF
Cal Bruton	Player	1998	NBL
Ivor Burge †	Contributor	2004	ABF
Steve Carfino	Player	2004	NBL
David Carmichael	Contributor	2010	ABF
Wayne Carroll	Player	1999	NBL
Jenny Cheesman	Player	2004	ABF
Ken Cole	Player Coach	2012	ABF NBL
Norma Connelly	Contributor	2007	ABF
Kevin Coombs	Player	2007	ABF
James Crawford	Player	2013	NBL
Eddie Crouch	Technical Official Referee	2006 2007	ABF NBL
Karen Dalton	Player	2006 2007	ABF NBL
George Dancis	Player	2006	ABF
Ian Davies	Player	2001	NBL
Mark Davis	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	Player	2007	NBL
Kathy Foster	Player	2013	ABF
Inga Freidenfelds	Player	2007	ABF
Andrew Gaze	Player	2004	ABF
Lindsay Gaze	Coach	2004	ABF
Shelley Gorman	Player	2010	ABF
Ricky Grace	Player	2010	NBL
Al Green	Player	1999	NBL
Elaine Hardwick	Player Coach Contributor	2010	ABF
John Holden	Technical Official	2006	ABF
Adrian Hurley	Coach	2004	ABF
Maree 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	Player	2006	NBL
Luc Longley	Player	2006	ABF
Robyn Maher	Player	2004	ABF
Tom Maher	Coach	2006	ABF
Herb McEachin	Player	1998	NBL
Karin McRobert	Player	2010	ABF
Arthur McRobbie †	Contributor	2007	ABL
Patricia Mickan	Player	2013	ABL
Keith Miller	Coach	2007	ABF
Danny Morseu	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 Official	2007	ABF
Larry Sengstock	Player	2001 2006	NBL ABF
Phil Smyth	Player	2000 2004	NBL ABF
Malcolm Speed	Contributor	2000	NBL
Rachael Sporn	Player	2007	ABF
Bob Staunton †	Player	2006	ABF
Jan Stirling	Player / Coach	2013	ABF
Sid Taylor	Technical Official	2004	ABF
Michelle Timms	Player	2006	ABF
Ray Tomlinson	Coach	2006	ABF
Bob Turner	Coach	2000	NBL
Andrew Vlahov	Player	2007	NBL
Betty Watson	Contributor	2006	NBL
Jenny Whittle	Player	2016	ABF
Michael Wrublewski †	Contributor	2010	NBL
Bill Wyatt	Player	2010	ABF

† Deceased

References

1. Hall of Fame @ NBL website Archived October 19, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
2. Australian Basketball Hall of Fame