Joan Crawford (basketball)

Joan Crawford (basketball)

Joan Crawford (born August 22, 1937 in Fort Smith, Arkansas, United States) is a former basketball player and member of the Basketball Hall of Fame (enshrined in 1997), Women's Basketball Hall of Fame (enshrined in 1999), and Amateur Athletic Union Hall of Fame.

Crawford was the leading player in women's basketball in 1950s and 1960s. She played in the AAU for fourteen seasons, from 1955 to 1969, two with Clarendon and twelve with Nashville Business College. She was named to thirteen consecutive AAU All-American teams and the MVP of the 1963 and 1964 AAU National Tournaments.

With the US National team, Crawford won the World Championship in 1957 and the 1959 and 1963 Pan American Games.

External links

* [http://www.hoophall.com/halloffamers/bhof-joan-crawford.html Basketball Hall of Fame profile]


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