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 season celebrations. The NBL initiated the Hall of Fame to recognise the outstanding players, coaches, referees and contributors to the league. In 2010, the NBL Hall of Fame united with the Basketball Australia Hall of Fame to create the 'Australian Basketball Hall of Fame'. [1] [2]
To be eligible for induction into the Hall of Fame, NBL candidates must have fulfilled the following criteria:
Indicates those inductees who are now deceased | |
Year | Name | BA / NBL | Category |
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1998 2007 | Barry Barnes | NBL BA | Coach |
1998 | Cal Bruton | NBL | Player |
1998 | Herb McEachin | NBL | Player |
1998 | Bill Palmer | NBL | Contributor |
1998 2004 2007 | John Raschke † | NBL BA BA | Contributor Contributor Legend |
1999 | Wayne Carroll | NBL | Player |
1999 | Al Green | NBL | Player |
2000 | Damian Keogh | NBL | Player |
2000 2004 | Phil Smyth | NBL BA | Player |
2000 | Malcolm Speed | NBL | Contributor |
2000 | Bob Turner | NBL | Coach |
2001 | Ian Davies | NBL | Player |
2001 2006 | Larry Sengstock | NBL BA | Player |
2002 | Danny Morseu | NBL | Player |
2002 | Darryl Pearce | NBL | Player |
2004 | Ivor Burge † | BA | Contributor |
2004 | Steve Carfino | NBL | Player |
2004 | Jenny Cheesman | BA | Player |
2004 | Andrew Gaze | BA | Player |
2004 | Lindsay Gaze | BA | Coach |
2004 | Adrian Hurley | BA | Coach |
2004 | Michael Johnson | NBL | Player |
2004 | Robyn Maher | BA | Player |
2004 2006 | Alistair Ramsay | BA BA | Contributor Legend |
2004 | Sid Taylor | BA | Technical Official |
2006 | Ray Borner | NBL | Player |
2006 2007 | Eddie Crouch | BA NBL | Technical Official Referee |
2006 | George Dancis | BA | Player |
2006 | Mark Davis | NBL | Player |
2006 | John Holden | BA | Technical Official |
2006 | Maree Jackson | BA | Player |
2006 | Brian Kerle | NBL | Coach |
2006 | Leroy Loggins | NBL | Player |
2006 | Luc Longley | BA | Player |
2006 | Tom Maher | BA | Coach |
2006 | Pat Moore | BA | Contributor |
2006 | George Russell | BA | Contributor |
2006 | Bob Staunton † | BA | Contributor |
2006 | Michelle Timms | BA | Player |
2006 | Ray Tomlinson | BA | Coach |
2006 | Betty Watson | BA | Contributor |
2007 | Frank Angove † | BA | Contributor |
2007 | Norma Connolly | BA | Contributor |
2007 | Kevin Coombs | BA | Player |
2007 | Karen Dalton | BA | Player |
2007 | Lorraine Eiler | BA | Player |
2007 | Bob Elphinston | BA | Contributor |
2007 | Scott Fisher | NBL | Player |
2007 | Inga Freidenfelds | BA | Player |
2007 | Arthur McRobbie † | BA | Contributor |
2007 | Keith Miller | BA | Coach |
2007 | Ed Palubinskas | BA | Player |
2007 | Henry Perazzo † | BA | Technical Official |
2007 | Avis Scullin | BA | Technical Official |
2007 | Rachael Sporn | BA | Player |
2007 | Andrew Vlahov | NBL | Player |
2010 | Michael Ah Matt † | Player | |
2010 | Sandy Blythe † | Player | |
2010 | Sandy Brondello | Player | |
2010 | David Carmichael | Contributor | |
2010 | Merv Emms † | Contributor | |
2010 | Trish Fallon | Player | |
2010 | Shelley Gorman | Player | |
2010 | Ricky Grace | Player | |
2010 | Elaine Hardwick | Player | |
2010 | Greg Love | Contributor | |
2010 | Karin McRobert | Player | |
2010 | Julie Nykiel | Player | |
2010 | Michael Wrublewski † | Contributor | |
2010 | Bill Wyatt | Player | |
2012 | Ken Cole [3] | Player Coach | |
2013 | Mark Bradtke | Player | |
2013 | James Crawford | Player | |
2013 | Kathy Foster | Player | |
2013 | Brian Goorjian | Coach | |
2013 | Neil Hamilton-Smith | Contributor | |
2013 | John Heard | Player | |
2013 | Sue Hobbs | Player | |
2013 | John Martin | Technical Official | |
2013 | Pat Mickan | Player | |
2013 | Charles Ryan † | Contributor | |
2013 | Jan Stirling | Coach | |
2013 | Tom York | Contributor | |
2016 | Perry Crosswhite | Player | |
2016 | Jean Forster | Player | |
2016 | Ron Harvey | Contributor | |
2016 | Patrick Hunt | Coach | |
2016 | Liesl Tesch | Player | |
2016 | Ken Watson † | Coach Contributor | |
2016 | Jenny Whittle | Player | |
2017 | Lucille Bailie | Player | |
2017 | Karen Blicavs | Player | |
2017 | Carrie Graf | Coach | |
2017 | Kristi Harrower | Player | |
2017 | Ken Madsen | Contributor | |
2018 | Brett Maher [4] | Player | |
2018 | Tony Ronaldson [4] | Player | |
2018 | Glen Saville [4] | Player | |
2019 | Lanard Copeland | Player | |
2019 | Brad Dalton | Player | |
2019 | Ray Hunt | Referee | |
2019 | Lauren Jackson | Player | |
2019 | Lorraine Landon | Contributor | |
2019 | Bill Mildenhall | Referee | |
2019 | Troy Sachs | Player | |
2019 | Allison Tranquilli | Player | |
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