Lurlyne Greer

Lurlyne Greer
Personal information
Born(1928-12-15)December 15, 1928
DiedFebruary 16, 2001(2001-02-16) (aged 72)
Heber Springs, Arkansas, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Career highlights and awards
  • AAU All-American (1947–1954)
  • Lewis E. Teague Award for most outstanding amateur athlete in the Carolinas (1952)
  • AAU Tournament MVP (1952, 1953, 1954)
Career AAU statistics
Women's Basketball Hall of Fame
Medals
Women's Basketball
Representing the  United States
Pan American
Gold medal – first place 1955 Mexico City Team Competition

Lurlyne Ann Greer (later Lurlyne Greer Mealhouse[1] and Lurlyne Greer Rogers) (15 December 1928 - 16 February 2001) was an American basketball player, active during the pre-professional era of women's basketball from the mid-1940s to mid-1950s.[2] Greer set records for the most points in a single game and tournament, captained the US women's national basketball team that won the gold medal at the 1955 Pan American Games and was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2004.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Hogan was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Porter, David L. (2005). Basketball: A Biographical Dictionary. Westport, Connecticut, London: Greenwood Press. p. 405. ISBN 0-313-30952-3. OCLC 261199758.

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