Donna Brown (née Quinn) (born 12 October 1963) is a former Australian women's

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player.

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Brown played for the

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between 1982 and 1989, competing at the

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and the

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.Donna Quinn-Brown
. Sports Reference LLC. Women's Basketball. Retrieved 2012-09-05. Brown also represented Australia at one

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;

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held in the

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. In the domestic Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) Brown played 215 games for both the Australian Institute of Sport (44 games) and the

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(171 games). Brown was also named to the WNBL All Star Five on two occasions; 1988 and 1990.All Star Five. National Women's Basketball League
Retrieved 2012-09-01.

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1963 births Living people Australian women's basketball players Olympic basketball players of Australia Basketball players at the 1984 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Australian Institute of Sport basketball (WNBL) players {{Australia-basketball-bio-stub

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