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Name
  
Joyce Brown


Role
  
Player

Joyce Brown (netballer) Its official Joyce Brown is a netball Legend Netball Australia

Team coached
  
Australia national netball team

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Netball skills, Netball the Australian Way, Netball Playing and Coaching

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Joyce Alice Brown, OAM (born 1938) is an Australian netball player and coach, who has both coached and captained the Australia national netball team.

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Playing career

Brown played netball with Victoria from 1958 to 1963 and went on to captain the winning Australian team at the 1963 World Netball Championships. After this she went on to become a coach and umpire.

Coaching career

As coach of the All Australian team Brown led the nation to world championship titles three times:

  • New Zealand in 1975
  • Singapore in 1983 and 1991

    • In 1990 Joyce became Australia's first full-time national coach. She also coached for the Victoria State team from 1972 to 1975 and again in 1979.

    Recognition

    In recognition for her services through the years Brown has been awarded:

  • The AA Service Award
  • The AA Umpires Award
  • Induction into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 1989
  • Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in 1992
  • Australian Sports Medal in 2000
  • Centenary Medal in 2001
  • Induction into the Australian Netball Hall of Fame in 2008

    • References

    Joyce Brown (netballer) Wikipedia
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