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Born | December 15, 1928 | ||||||||||||||
Died | February 16, 2001 Heber Springs, Arkansas, U.S. | (aged 72)||||||||||||||
Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||
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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.