Lucille Maree Hamilton (born 25 May 1969) is a former Australian women's

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Player Profile: Lucille Hamilton
Retrieved 13 October 2012. Her married name is Lucille Bailie.

Biography

Hamilton played for the

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during the late 1980s and early 1990s and competed for Australia at the 1990 World Championship in

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. Hamilton also represented Australia at the 1989 World Championship for Junior Women held in

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, where she won a

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. In the domestic

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(WNBL), Hamilton played 377 games for the

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and

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. This equalled the all-time record held with

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,Howell, Stephen (5 December 2005)
''Little awesome Jacinta''
Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 13 October 2012. until it was broken by the Canberra Capitals' Jess Bibby on 14 November 2015. In 1988, Hamilton won the inaugural Australian WNBL Youth Player of the Year, now known as the Betty Watson Rookie of the Year. In 1998, Hamilton was awarded Life Membership to the WNBL. Hamilton's younger sister,

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, also played for the national basketball team at the

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in Melbourne. She ran as a

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candidate in the 2004 Australian Capital Territory general election, but was not elected.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hamilton, Lucille 1969 births Living people Australian women's basketball players

Biography

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