Lucille Hamilton

Lucille Hamilton

Bailie in November 2015
Personal information
Born	(1969-05-25) 25 May 1969 (age 55) Melbourne, Victoria
Medal record Women's Basketball Representing   Australia Junior World Championships 1989 Spain Team Competition

Lucille Maree Hamilton (born 25 May 1969) is a former Australian women's basketball player. ^[1] Her married name is Lucille Bailie. ^{[2] [3]}

Biography

Hamilton played for the Australia women's national basketball team during the late 1980s and early 1990s and competed for Australia at the 1990 World Championship in Brazil. ^[4] Hamilton also represented Australia at the 1989 World Championship for Junior Women held in Spain, where she won a bronze medal. ^{[5] [6] [7]}

In the domestic Women's National Basketball League (WNBL), Hamilton played 377 games for the Dandenong Rangers and Canberra Capitals. This equalled the all-time record held with Rachael Sporn, ^{[8] [9]} until it was broken by the Canberra Capitals' Jess Bibby on 14 November 2015. ^[10] In 1988, Hamilton won the inaugural Australian WNBL Youth Player of the Year, now known as the Betty Watson Rookie of the Year. ^{[11] [12] [13]} In 1998, Hamilton was awarded Life Membership to the WNBL. ^[14] Hamilton's younger sister, Jacinta Hamilton, also played for the national basketball team at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. ^[9]

She ran as a Liberal Party candidate in the 2004 Australian Capital Territory election, ^[15] but was not elected. ^[16]

She served as general manager of the Canberra Capitals for seven years, stepping down in February 2025. ^[17]

See also

• WNBL Rookie of the Year Award

References

1. FIBA Archive. World Championship for Women. Player Profile: Lucille Hamilton. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
2. Canberra Capitals Club History. Basketball Australia. Women's National Basketball League. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
3. Stateline Canberra. Transcript Broadcast: 30/04/2004. Australian Broadcast Corporation. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
4. FIBA Archive. 1990 World Championship for Women. Australia. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
5. FIBA Archive. 1989 World Championship for Junior Women. Team: Australia. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
6. FIBA Archive. 1989 World Championship for Junior Women. Final Standings. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
7. Basketball Australian Representative History (1989) Archived 11 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine . Australian Institute of Sport. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
8. Women's National Basketball League. Players with 100 or more career games Archived 17 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved 13 October 2012.
9. Howell, Stephen (5 December 2005). Little awesome Jacinta. Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
10. Huxworth, Jon (14 November 2015). "WNBL: Jess Bibby's big moment fails to snap Canberra Capitals out of slump". Canberra Times . Retrieved 15 November 2015.
11. Tayla Roberts named Women's National Basketball League Rookie of the Year Archived 24 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine (25 March 2010). Australian Sports Commission. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
12. Betty Watson. Basketball Australia. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
13. Youth and Rookie Player of the Year. Basketball Australia. Women's National Basketball League. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
14. WNBL Life Members Archived 12 March 2013 at the Wayback Machine . Basketball Australia. Women's National Basketball League. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
15. Hyland, Kathleen (30 April 2004). "Stateline Canberra". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
16. "List of elected candidates - 2004 Election". Elections ACT. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
17. "Lucille Bailie steps down as Caps GM, takes on role with the WNBL - UC Capitals". UC Capitals. 25 February 2025. Retrieved 26 February 2025.