LORRAINE LANDON OAM | ELEVATED TO LEGEND HALL OF FAME CLASS 2021

Hall of Fame
Written by Jaylee Ismay
23 November, 2022
2021 Hall of Fame Legend

There is no doubt that Lorraine Landon is one of the greatest administrators in the history of Australian sport. And Lorraine’s impact on basketball in this state has been profound over more than 50 years. Starting all the way back from her early years as a player in the 1960s, her contribution has been enormous at a number of levels .

She was one of the key individuals who built and ran a powerhouse association in Bankstown, then became part of a legendary management troika that included Mike Wrublewski and Bob Turner which turned the newly-formed Sydney Kings into an iconic franchise in the National Basketball League.

Her belief in women’s basketball as an elite product and her drive to see the sport succeed in Sydney led her to convince the Kings to bring the Sydney WNBL women’s team under the organisation’s umbrella, a decision that turned the Sydney Flames into a powerhouse and made Lorraine the first female to ever concurrently manage teams in both the NBL and WNBL. The Flames won two titles under her stewardship and became the first Sydney basketball team to win either an NBL or WNBL championship.

Then there was Lorraine’s incredible work over many decades with FIBA and the Australian men’s and women’s Olympic teams, added to her magnificent advocacy of wheelchair athletes and athletes with an intellectual impairment.

Already a life member of Basketball New South Wales, Lorraine also has been awarded the IOC Women in Sports Award 2004, the IOC Golden Rings 2000 and the FIBA Merit Award in 2000, not to mention her Order of Australia award in 2011 for services to basketball, induction in to the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 2011 and her elevation to Hall of Fame Legend status is a just reward for one of the finest careers ever seen in the sport in New South Wales.

2022 Basketball NSW Hall of Fame
Date: 26th November 2022
Time: Pre-drinks at 6 pm, with formalities commencing at 6:30 pm
Venue: Novotel, Sydney Olympic Park
Tickets: Purchase your ticket HERE