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'.
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.
As of June 2022, the Australian Basketball Hall of Fame has six members with legend status: Alistair Ramsay, Betty Watson, John Raschke, Lindsay Gaze, Michele Timms and Andrew Gaze.
On 1 July 2024, Basketball Australia announced that an entire team, the 2006 Woman's World Cup champions, would be inducted into the Australian Basketball Hall of Fame. It marked the first team to be inducted.
Inductees Indicates those inductees who are now deceased Year Name BA / NBL Category 19982007 Barry Barnes NBLBA Coach 1998 Cal Bruton NBL Player 1998 Herb McEachin NBL Player 1998 Bill Palmer NBL Contributor 199820042007 John Raschke † NBLBABA ContributorContributorLegend 1999 Wayne Carroll NBL Player 1999 Al Green NBL Player 2000 Damian Keogh NBL Player 20002004 Phil Smyth NBLBA Player 2000 Malcolm Speed NBL Contributor 2000 Bob Turner NBL Coach 2001 Ian Davies † NBL Player 20012006 Larry Sengstock NBLBA 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 20042022 Andrew Gaze BABA PlayerLegend 2004 Lindsay Gaze BABA CoachLegend 2004 Adrian Hurley BA Coach 2004 Michael Johnson NBL Player 2004 Robyn Maher BA Player 20042006 Alistair Ramsay BABA ContributorLegend 2004 Sid Taylor BA Technical Official 2006 Ray Borner NBL Player 20062007 Eddie Crouch BANBL Technical OfficialReferee 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 BABA PlayerLegend 2006 Ray Tomlinson BA Coach 2006 Betty Watson BABA ContributorLegend 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 Trisha Fallon Player 2010 Shelley Gorman-Sandie 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 † PlayerCoach 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 † CoachContributor 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 Player 2018 Tony Ronaldson Player 2018 Glen Saville 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 2022 Chris Anstey Player 2022 Michelle Brogan Player 2022 Peter Harcourt Contributor 2022 Penny Taylor Player 2024 Sharon Arnold Referee 2024 Suzy Batkovic Player 2024 C. J. Bruton Player 2024 Matthew Nielsen Player 2024 Brad Ness Player 2024 Belinda Snell Player
References
External links Hall of Fame inductees list @ Basketball Australia's website