Eril Maxine Homburg (16 October 1936 – 16 December 2017) was an Australian women's

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player.

Biography

Homburg represented South Australia at basketball. She played in every match for the Australian team at the

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''Australia''
Retrieved 2017-11-23.

Personal life

She married

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, a South Australian cricketer who toured New Zealand and South Africa with the Australian team in the 1950s.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Homburg, Eril 1936 births 2017 deaths Australian women's basketball players Basketball players from Adelaide Sportswomen from South Australia