Pam Marsden
{{Short description|New Zealand netball player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=December 2021}}
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|maidenname = Hamilton
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1941|06|05|df=y}}
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|height = 1.71 m
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|positions = GD, WD
|nationalteam1 = New Zealand
|nationalyears1 = 1967-69
|nationalcaps1 = 8
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{{MedalCompetition|Netball World Cup}}
{{MedalGold|1967 Perth, Australia|Tournament}}
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Pam Marsden is a former netball player who played for New Zealand's gold medal-winning team in the 1967 World Netball Championships.
Netball career
Marsden (née Hamilton) was born on 5 June 1941. She played basketball for Auckland before being selected for the Silver Ferns, the national netball team, to play in the 1967 world championships, which were held in Perth, Western Australia. She played in the goal keeper (GK) and goal defence (GD) positions. Her first game for her country was against South Africa in the world championships on 14 August 1967. New Zealand won the championships, beating Australia 40–34 in the deciding match. Marsden also played for the Silver Ferns in 1969, playing for her country for a total of eight occasions.{{cite web |title=Pam Marsden |url=https://www.silverferns.co.nz/silver-ferns/history/players/pam-marsden.html |website=Silver Ferns |access-date=21 December 2021}}{{cite web |title=Celebrating 50 years: New Zealand wins GOLD for the first time |url=https://www.silverferns.co.nz/silver-ferns/news/latest-news/celebrating-50-years-new-zealand-wins-gold-for-the-first-time.html |website=Silver Ferns |access-date=21 December 2021}}
The 1967 world championship team was inducted into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame in 1996.{{cite web |url=https://www.nzhalloffame.co.nz/New-Zealand-Sports-Hall-of-Fame-Inductees/N/Netball-1967 |title=Netball, 1967 |publisher=New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame |access-date=16 July 2023}}
References
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{{New Zealand squad at the 1967 World Netball Championships}}
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Category:New Zealand international netball players