Marie Smith
2014

Hall of Fame Inductee

Marie Smith

  • Member of the Eagles Basketball Club, Toowoomba
  • Co-founder of the Toowoomba Ladies’ Basketball Association
  • Toowoomba Delegate to the Queensland Women’s Amateur Basketball Association from formation in 1955 until 1971
  • Serving as President for a period of time
  • Known as the “Mother” of Women’s Basketball in Toowoomba
  • Selection in the Queensland Women’s Senior Team which contested the Australian   Championships in 1959 and 1961
  • 1959 received a Qld Silver Medallion for the Queensland Centenary- Captained a Qld touring team in 1960
  • 1971 Marie had been appointed manageress of the Queensland Women’s team only a week before she died unexpectedly, aged 36

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