Joyce Brown (netball)

Joyce Brown
OAM
Personal information
Full name Joyce Alice Brown[1][2] (née Anderson)
Born (1938-09-29) 29 September 1938 (age 85)[3]
Victoria, Australia[4]
University University of Melbourne
Children Fraser Brown
Relatives Doug Anderson (father)
Netball career
Playing position(s): GA, GS ?
Years Club team(s) Apps
1958–1963 Victoria
Years National team(s) Caps
1963 Australia 9
Coaching career
Years Team(s)
1972–1975 Victoria
1975 Australia
1979 Victoria
1983–1993 Australia
1999–2002 Melbourne Phoenix
Medal record
Representing  Australia
World Netball Championships
Gold medal – first place 1963 Eastbourne Team

Joyce Alice Brown (née Anderson) OAM (born 29 September 1938) is a former Australia netball international and national team head coach. Brown captained Australia at the inaugural 1963 World Netball Championships, winning a gold medal. She later coached Australia at the 1975, 1983 and 1991 World Netball Championships and at the 1993 World Games, guiding the team to four gold medals. Brown never lost a World Netball Championship match, either as a player or coach. In 1992 she was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia. Between 1999 and 2002, Brown served as head coach of Melbourne Phoenix in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy league, leading them to the premiership in 2000 and 2002. Brown also served as a netball umpire and sports administrator.

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