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Nancy Lieberman

Awards And Accomplishments



1975 Member of gold-medal-winning USA Team, Pan American Games and World Championships
1976 Member of silver-medal-winning USA Women's Olympic Basketball Team, Montreal Olympic Games
1978–80 Kodak All-American
1979 Member of gold-medal-winning USA Team, World Championships
1979 Member of silver-medal-winning USA Team, Pan American Games
1979 Jewish Athlete of the Year
1979–80 Two-time Wade Trophy winner
1980 Broderick Award (top women's basketball player in America)
1984 Most Valuable Player, Women's American Basketball Association
1986 First woman ever to play in a men's professional basketball league, the United States Basketball League
1993 New York City Basketball Hall of Fame
1996 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
1997 Oldest player, at age 38, in Women's National Basketball Association

Additional topics

Famous Sports StarsBasketballNancy Lieberman Biography - Dubbed "lady Magic", Chronology, Played In Men's League, Made Brief Comeback