Eunice Elizabeth Perrott Gill (5 January 1918 – 4 December 1987) was an

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n international netballer, administrator, coach and academic. She studied and lectured at the

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Life

Gill was born in Armadale, Victoria in 1918. She attended the

where she was taught by

Lorna McConchie Lorna Jean McConchie (22 July 1914 – 9 December 2001) was a former Australia netball international and national team head coach. In 1938 McConchie played for Australia in their first international match against New Zealand. McConchie was lat ...

and she gained a degree and diplomas in physical education and education. She excelled at netball which at the time was called women's basketball. In 1945-47 she was in Victoria's team and in 1948 she was in the

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. In 1960 she was the head coach of the Australia national netball team taking over from her mentor Lorna McConchie. McConchie returned after Gill. In 1967 the second

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for the

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was in Perth and Gill was on the organising committee. The cup is contested every four years and Gill was the national delegate to the championships in 1967, 1970/71 and in 1979. In 1975 she became a

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(MBE) for "services to sport (especially netball), recreation and physical education". The

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was established in 1976 to represent sport in Australia and Gill was a foundation member of the board. Gill led the Australian Sport Coaches Assembly and the Australian Coaching Council as chair. The council was responsible for accrediting 33,000 coachs in a range of sports. Gill died in

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, in 1987. After her death an award for the sports administrator of the award in Victoria was created in her name.

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Biography at ADB
1918 births 1987 deaths People from Armadale, Victoria Australian netball administrators Australian netball players University of Melbourne alumni sportspeople University of Melbourne people {{Australia netball coaches