Julie Gross (born 27 March 1957) is a retired Australian women's

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player.

Biography

Gross played for the

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during the 1970s, competing for Australia at two

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; 1975 held in Columbia and 1979 held in South Korea. In 1978, Gross moved to the United States where she played basketball for

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. In her first season with the

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, Gross became LSU's first Kodak

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n.Louisiana State University
2005-2006 Women's Basketball (page 4)
Media Guide. Retrieved 2012-10-02. Gross finished her career as the all-time leading rebounder in LSU history with 1,466 rebounds and was second on the all-time scoring list with 2,488 points. Gross and Maree Bennie (now Jackson), were the first Australian females to win All-American honours while playing college basketball in the United States.

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1957 births Living people Australian women's basketball players LSU Tigers women's basketball players Australian expatriate basketball people in the United States Sportswomen from Victoria (state) 20th-century Australian sportswomen {{Australia-basketball-bio-stub