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Australian basketball player

Bronte Cockburn
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Born (1941-06-14) 14 June 1941 (age 83)
Fullarton, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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Bronte Cockburn (born 14 June 1941) is a retired Australian women's basketball player.

Biography

Cockburn played for the Australia women's national basketball team at the 1957 World Championship held in Brazil. She was only 16 years-old when she travelled with the team to compete in the Championship. Cockburn was captain of the South Australian junior school girls team which won the Australian trophy in 1954. She was named to the All-Australian schoolgirls team the same year. At 13 years-old, Cockburn was already playing top grade women's basketball in Adelaide.

Cockburn is the daughter of Jack Cockburn, who won the 1935 Magarey Medal for the South Australian National Football Leagues best and fairest player.

References

  1. FIBA Archive. 1957 World Championship for Women. Australia. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
  2. Brasil, Cartões de Imigração familysearch.org
  3. Basketball Australia. Opals History. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
  4. Junior Basketballers Win Trophy for S.A.. Trove: Adelaide Advertiser (26 August 1954, p. 16). Retrieved 2016-02-05.
  5. Basketball Win to S.A. Schoolgirls. Trove: The Adelaide Advertiser (24 August 1954, p. 11). Retrieved 2016-02-05.
  6. Basketballers Star in Final. Trove: The Adelaide Advertiser (6 September 1954, p. 14). Retrieved 2016-02-05.
  7. Sport Runs in the Family. Trove: The Adelaide Advertiser (8 August 1952, p. 3). Retrieved 2016-02-05.
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