Ray Norman Rosbrook (1910–1979) was an Australian basketball coach who was instrumental in the establishment of the game in

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. He was an administrator and leading coach from the mid 1930s until 1950. In 2015 he was inducted into the NSW Basketball Hall of Fame.

Biography

Rosbrook was born in 1910 to parents Len and Maud. He attended

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before coming to Sydney to complete his high school education at

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(1924–1930) in the last years of the headship of Rev Dr Charles Prescott. Always known as "Golly", he was a hurdler and rower. In 1929 and 1930 he stroked the eight and was Captain of Boats and a Prefect in his final year. He attended

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without graduating and then joined the

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in 1936 as the Moore Park playground supervisor. Between 1932 and 1945 he stroked winning eights at

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. In 1963 he escorted

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on an informal tour of the facility. As a coach he influenced the sporting careers of sportsmen, such as Peter Mullins and

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, in a wide range of sports such as basketball, rugby league, rugby union and athletics. He was a successful basketball coach at state level from 1946 until 1950 and was a selector and manager for State representative teams. Rosbrook held administrative and development positions with the National Fitness Camp, Narrabeen, the YMCA Camp at Yarramundi, as a founder of the New South Wales Amateur Basketball Association, Amateur Athletics Association and the Drummoyne Rugby Union Club. He died in Sydney on 5 September 1979 and his ashes are at Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens, North Ryde.Heavens address
Retrieved 9 August 2016.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rosbrook, Ray 1910 births 1979 deaths Australian men's basketball coaches Australian men's basketball players People educated at Newington College Basketball players from Sydney