Australian Basketball Hall of Fame

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The Australian Basketball Hall of Fame was instituted by the National Basketball League (NBL) in 1998 as the NBL Hall of Fame as part of their 20th season celebrations. The NBL initiated the Hall of Fame to recognise the outstanding players, coaches, referees and contributors to the league. In 2010, the NBL Hall of Fame united with the Basketball Australia Hall of Fame to create the 'Australian Basketball Hall of Fame'.{{cite web|url=http://www.nbl.com.au/nbl-hq/hall-of-fame/|title=Hall of Fame|work=NBL.com.au|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100818035232/http://www.nbl.com.au/nbl-hq/hall-of-fame/|archivedate=18 August 2010}}{{cite web|url=http://basketball.net.au/fileadmin/user_upload/BAHOF/Current_ABF_NBL_Hall_of_Famers_March_2010.pdf|title=CURRENT BA/NBL HALL OF FAME MEMBERS (MARCH 2010)|work=basketball.net.au|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101212190311/http://basketball.net.au/fileadmin/user_upload/BAHOF/Current_ABF_NBL_Hall_of_Famers_March_2010.pdf|archivedate=12 December 2010}}

To be eligible for induction into the Hall of Fame, NBL candidates must have fulfilled the following criteria:

Players must have made an outstanding contribution to the NBL, have been retired for a minimum of four seasons, and have played 100 NBL games or more.
Coaches must have made an outstanding contribution to the NBL, have been retired for at least four seasons, and have been an NBL head coach for 10 seasons or more.
Referees must have made an outstanding contribution to the league and have been retired for at least four seasons.
Contributors must have made an outstanding contribution to the NBL, and may be elected at any time.

As of June 2022, the Australian Basketball Hall of Fame has six members with legend status: Alistair Ramsay, Betty Watson, John Raschke, Lindsay Gaze, Michele Timms and Andrew Gaze.{{cite web|url=https://nbl.com.au/news/andrew-gaze-elevated-to-legend-status|title=Andrew Gaze Elevated to Legend Status|work=NBL.com.au|date=16 June 2022|access-date=16 June 2022}}

On 1 July 2024, Basketball Australia announced that an entire team, the 2006 Woman's World Cup champions, would be inducted into the Australian Basketball Hall of Fame. It marked the first team to be inducted.{{cite web|url=https://www.australia.basketball/news/4047322/first-team-to-be-inducted-into-the-australian-basketball-hall-of-fame|title=First team to be inducted into the Australian Basketball Hall of Fame|work=Basketball Australia|date=1 July 2024|access-date=5 July 2024}}

Inductees

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|Indicates those inductees who are now deceased

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!scope="col"| Year

!scope="col"| Name

!scope="col"| BA / NBL

!scope="col"| Category

1998
2007

| Barry Barnes

| NBL
BA

| Coach

1998

| Cal Bruton

| NBL

| Player

1998

| Herb McEachin

| NBL

| Player

1998

| Bill Palmer

| NBL

| Contributor

1998
2004
2007

| John Raschke †

| NBL
BA
BA

| Contributor
Contributor
Legend

1999

| Wayne Carroll

| NBL

| Player

1999

| Al Green

| NBL

| Player

2000

| Damian Keogh

| NBL

| Player

2000
2004

| Phil Smyth

| NBL
BA

| Player

2000

| Malcolm Speed

| NBL

| Contributor

2000

| Bob Turner

| NBL

| Coach

2001

| Ian Davies

| NBL

| Player

2001
2006

| Larry Sengstock

| NBL
BA

| Player

2002

| Danny Morseu

| NBL

| Player

2002

| Darryl Pearce

| NBL

| Player

2004

| Ivor Burge †

| BA

| Contributor

2004

| Steve Carfino

| NBL

| Player

2004

| Jenny Cheesman

| BA

| Player

2004
2022

| Andrew Gaze

| BA
BA

| Player
Legend

2004

| Lindsay Gaze

| BA
BA

| Coach
Legend

2004

| Adrian Hurley

| BA

| Coach

2004

| Michael Johnson

| NBL

| Player

2004

| Robyn Maher

| BA

| Player

2004
2006

| Alistair Ramsay

| BA
BA

| Contributor
Legend

2004

| Sid Taylor

| BA

| Technical Official

2006

| Ray Borner

| NBL

| Player

2006
2007

| Eddie Crouch

| BA
NBL

| Technical Official
Referee

2006

| George Dancis

| BA

| Player

2006

| Mark Davis

| NBL

| Player

2006

| John Holden

| BA

| Technical Official

2006

| Maree Jackson

| BA

| Player

2006

| Brian Kerle

| NBL

| Coach

2006

| Leroy Loggins

| NBL

| Player

2006

| Luc Longley

| BA

| Player

2006

| Tom Maher

| BA

| Coach

2006

| Pat Moore

| BA

| Contributor

2006

| George Russell

| BA

| Contributor

2006

| Bob Staunton †

| BA

| Contributor

2006

| Michelle Timms

| BA
BA

| Player
Legend

2006

| Ray Tomlinson

| BA

| Coach

2006

| Betty Watson

| BA
BA

| Contributor
Legend

2007

| Frank Angove †

| BA

| Contributor

2007

| Norma Connolly

| BA

| Contributor

2007

| Kevin Coombs

| BA

| Player

2007

| Karen Dalton

| BA

| Player

2007

| Lorraine Eiler

| BA

| Player

2007

| Bob Elphinston

| BA

| Contributor

2007

| Scott Fisher

| NBL

| Player

2007

| Inga Freidenfelds

| BA

| Player

2007

| Arthur McRobbie †

| BA

| Contributor

2007

| Keith Miller

| BA

| Coach

2007

| Ed Palubinskas

| BA

| Player

2007

| Henry Perazzo †

| BA

| Technical Official

2007

| Avis Scullin

| BA

| Technical Official

2007

| Rachael Sporn

| BA

| Player

2007

| Andrew Vlahov

| NBL

| Player

2010

| Michael Ah Matt †

| Player

2010

| Sandy Blythe †

| Player

2010

| Sandy Brondello

| Player

2010

| David Carmichael

| Contributor

2010

| Merv Emms †

| Contributor

2010

| Trish Fallon

| Player

2010

| Shelley Gorman

| Player

2010

| Ricky Grace

| Player

2010

| Elaine Hardwick

| Player

2010

| Greg Love

| Contributor

2010

| Karin McRobert

| Player

2010

| Julie Nykiel

| Player

2010

| Michael Wrublewski †

| Contributor

2010

| Bill Wyatt

| Player

2012

| Ken Cole{{cite web|url=https://australia.basketball/blog/2012/11/08/king-ken-cole-to-be-inducted-into-basketball-australia-hall-of-fame/|title='KING' KEN COLE TO BE INDUCTED INTO BASKETBALL AUSTRALIA HALL OF FAME|work=australia.basketball|date=8 November 2012|accessdate=12 December 2019}}

| Player
Coach

2013

| Mark Bradtke

| Player

2013

| James Crawford

| Player

2013

| Kathy Foster

| Player

2013

| Brian Goorjian

| Coach

2013

| Neil Hamilton-Smith

| Contributor

2013

| John Heard

| Player

2013

| Sue Hobbs

| Player

2013

| John Martin

| Technical Official

2013

| Pat Mickan

| Player

2013

| Charles Ryan †

| Contributor

2013

| Jan Stirling

| Coach

2013

| Tom York

| Contributor

2016

| Perry Crosswhite

| Player

2016

| Jean Forster

| Player

2016

| Ron Harvey

| Contributor

2016

| Patrick Hunt

| Coach

2016

| Liesl Tesch

| Player

2016

| Ken Watson †

| Coach
Contributor

2016

| Jenny Whittle

| Player

2017

| Lucille Bailie

| Player

2017

| Karen Blicavs

| Player

2017

| Carrie Graf

| Coach

2017

| Kristi Harrower

| Player

2017

| Ken Madsen

| Contributor

2018

| Brett Maher{{cite web|url=https://australia.basketball/blog/2018/02/27/three-nbl-legends-to-be-inducted-into-australian-basketball-hall-of-fame/|title=THREE NBL LEGENDS TO BE INDUCTED INTO AUSTRALIAN BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME|work=australia.basketball|date=27 February 2018|accessdate=16 December 2019}}

| Player

2018

| Tony Ronaldson

| Player

2018

| Glen Saville

| Player

2019

| Lanard Copeland

| Player

2019

| Brad Dalton