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American basketball player
Althea Gwyn
Personal information
Born (1956-05-19) May 19, 1956 (age 68)
NationalityAmerican
Career information
High schoolAmityville Memorial High School
(Long Island, New York)
CollegeQueens College
Career highlights and awards
  • Kodak All-American (1978)

Althea R. Gwyn (May 19, 1956 – January 9, 2022) was an American professional basketball player who was one of the first players in the Women's Professional Basketball League (WBL).

Early life and education

Gwyn started her basketball career at Amityville Memorial High School on Long Island. She went on to play at Queens College, playing on February 22, 1975, in the first women's college basketball game to ever be held at Madison Square Garden. She achieved All-American status in 1978 and was a leading rebounder while at Queens College.

Gwyn played for the USA Women's Team in the 1977 World University Games, under her Queens College coach Lucille Kyvallos.

Career

After a brief stint playing amateur basketball in Belgium, Gwyn returned to the United States to play for the New York Stars, a team in the WBL. She chose the WBL over the chance to play for the 1980 Olympic Team. Gwyn later played for the league's New England Gulls.  

Gwyn went on to be inducted into the Queens College Athletics Hall of Fame in 2013, and was named a Trailblazer of basketball by the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2018.

After retiring from professional sports, Gwyn worked for the fire department of Fayetteville, North Carolina.

References

  1. ^ Baker, Tee (2022-01-17). "Remembering Queens College and WBL legend Althea Gwyn". The Next. Retrieved 2023-04-17.
  2. ^ "Queens College Athletics Mourns The Passing of Women's Basketball Hall of Famer Althea Gwyn". Queens College. Retrieved 2023-04-17.
  3. ^ Harvin, Al (1979-01-07). "Althea Gwyn Finds Pro Game Suits Her". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-04-17.
  4. Araton, Harvey (2015-01-02). "A First at the Garden Earns an Encore". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-04-17.
  5. "NINTH WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES -- 1977". www.usab.com. Archived from the original on March 22, 2015. Retrieved 2023-04-17.
  6. "Althea Gwyn". Queens College. Retrieved 2023-04-17.
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