Janet Thompson Milner (11 July 1933, in
Elliott, Iowa, United States – 9 July 2014) was an American women's basketball player, who played on the first United States women's national basketball team. Thompson played college basketball at
Iowa Wesleyan University and earned a gold medal as part of the 1953 team that won the first
FIBA World Championship for Women
The FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup, also known as the Basketball World Cup for Women or simply the FIBA Women's World Cup, is an international basketball tournament for women's national teams held quadrennially. It was created by the Internati ...
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1933 births
2014 deaths
American women's basketball players
Iowa Wesleyan University alumni
20th-century American sportswomen
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