Ray Borner
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| Born | 27 May 1962 Wollongong Hawks |
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Ray Borner NBL's Most Valuable Player for the 1985 season, becoming the first Australian born player to win the award.
College
After making his NBL debut for the
LSU Tigers
.
Career
Borner played 518 NBL games over 22 seasons for four separate teams: Coburg / North Melbourne Giants, Illawarra Hawks, Geelong Supercats and Canberra Cannons.[1][2] Borner won his only NBL Championship in 1989 as a member of the North Melbourne Giants who defeated the Canberra Cannons 2–0 in the best of 3 Grand Final series.
International
Borner also competed for the
Atlanta. He also played for the Boomers at the 1982,[3] 1986, 1990 and 1994 FIBA World Championships[1]
As a 6'10" (208 cm), Borner was the starting
Power forward
for the national team.
Borner was inducted into the Australian Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006 and was awarded the Order of Australia medal on Australia Day in 2009.
References
- ^ a b Howell, Stephen (18 September 2002). "Borner still has that Olympic dream". The Age.
- ^ "Basketball Media Release: Four enter NBL Hall of Fame". sportsaustralia.com. 10 June 2006. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
- ^ "Squads 1982". linguasport.com.