Nera D. White ( born Nera D. White ; November 15, 1935 , Lafayette , Macon , Tennessee , USA - April 13, 2016 , Gallatin , Tennessee , USA ) - American basketball player , world champion (1953).
| Nera White | |
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| Nera white | |
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| Position | Point guard |
| Growth | 185 cm |
| Citizenship |  USA |
| Date of Birth | November 15, 1935 |
| Place of Birth | Lafayette , Macon , Tennessee , USA |
| Date of death | April 13, 2016 (aged 80) |
| Place of death | Gallatin , Tennessee , USA |
Sports career
Born in a farmer's family. She studied at George Peabody College of Education. She completed all the undergraduate requirements for a degree in education, with the exception of the requirements for teaching students, which she could not complete due to shyness. Started playing on the Athletic Athletic Union (AAU) team in Nashville, sponsored by Nashville College of Business.
For 15 years in a row (1955-1969) he was a member of the All-American AAU team and as a member of the Nashville Business College team, she became a ten-time AAU champion and was recognized the League’s Most Valuable Player nine times. Among her other accomplishments in playing for a club from Nashiwill are 91 victories in a series of 92 matches. In 1966, the head coach of the Wayland Baptist Flying Queens (the dominant club of the 1950s), Harley Redin, called her "the greatest basketball player in history."
She was also an experienced softball player . She was a member of the somtav of the symbolic national team following the championships in this sport in 1959 and 1965. as part of the ASA Fast Pitch Club.
In 1957, she led the US team to victory at the World Cup in Brazil (1957). At this tournament, she became the top scorer of the US team, gaining an average of 14.1 points per game and was named the most valuable player in the championship. At this championship, the US team for the first time opposed the USSR team. The Americans came to the finals with one defeat (from the Czechoslovak team), and the Soviet basketball players remained undefeated. After the first half, the Americans lost, but eventually won with a score of 51:48.
Was included in the Basketball Hall of Fame (1992) [10] and in the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame (1999). She was one of two players inducted into the Hall of Fame based on the achievements of the Amateur Basketball Association.
At the turn of the century, Sports Illustrated for Women named her among the greatest athletes of the 20th century, placing it in 51st place.
In her honor, a high school was named in her hometown of Lafayette, Tennessee, and the local motorway was also renamed (state route 10 north).
Links
- https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/17/sports/basketball/nera-white-basketball-starof-1950s-and-60s-is-dead-at-80.html
- Porter, David L., ed. (2005). Basketball: A Biographical Dictionary. Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0-313-30952-6 .