Joan Crawford (basketball)
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| Women's basketball | ||
Representing the  United States
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FIBA World Championship
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1957 Brazil | Team Competition |
| Pan American Games | ||
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1959 Chicago |
Team Competition |
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1963 São Paulo |
Team Competition |
Joan Crawford (born August 22, 1937) is an American former basketball player and member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (enshrined in 1997), Women's Basketball Hall of Fame (enshrined in 1999),[1] and Amateur Athletic Union Hall of Fame.
Early life
Crawford was born to Monroe Crawford and Iris(Blan) Crawford. She was one of five children; she had two brothers and two sisters. Crawford became interested in basketball when she was only in fifth grade. She learned many of the fundamentals of the game from her brother Robert.[2]
She learned enough about the game and was skilled enough to be invited onto the senior team in high school while only a freshman in Van Buren, AR.[2] Crawford and the Van Buren Pointerettes won a state championship in her sophomore, junior and senior season. She was the team captain for the Pointerettes and was selected All-State and All-District all 3 years. She was inducted into the VBHS Hall of Honor in 2000.
College and AAU
Crawford attended Clarendon Junior College on a basketball scholarship. She graduated two years later, after helping Clarendon advance to the quarterfinals of the AAU national tournament in 1957.[2] Her performance earned her AAU All-America honors.[3]
Crawford was offered a scholarship to
Over the next twelve seasons, the Nashville team would win the National AAU Championship ten times, and Crawford was named to the All-America team in every year.
Crawford played with Nera White for on the Nashville team for eleven years. Crawford noted, "We knew almost what each other was going to do. We didn't have to look or aim. A lot of times, in a fast break, I'd just throw it down to Nera, she'd just throw it down to me."[6]
USA Basketball
With the
Notes
- ^ "WBHOF Inductees". WBHOF. Archived from the original on December 6, 2017. Retrieved August 1, 2009.
- ^ a b c d e Porter p. 93
- ^ Ikard p. 209
- ^ a b Ikard p. 210–213
- ^ Ikard p.125
- ^ Grundy p.101
- ^ a b "SECOND WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FOR WOMEN -- 1957". USA Basketball. Archived from the original on April 24, 2012. Retrieved August 15, 2009.
- ^ "Third Pan American Games -- 1959". USA Basketball. June 10, 2010. Archived from the original on September 7, 2015. Retrieved October 15, 2015.
- ^ "Fourth Pan American Games -- 1963". USA Basketball. June 10, 2010. Archived from the original on September 7, 2015. Retrieved October 15, 2015.
References
- Grundy, Pamela (2005). Shattering the glass. New Press. ISBN 978-1-56584-822-1.
- Ikard, Robert W. (2005). Just for Fun: The Story of AAU Women's Basketball. The University of Arkansas Press. ISBN 978-1-55728-889-9.
- David L. Porter, ed. (2005). Basketball: A Biographical Dictionary. Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0-313-30952-6.