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When. 1985. Lynette Woodard (USA) joined the Harlem Globetrotters (USA) in 1985, becoming the first woman to play as a member of the world famous team of basketball entertainers. Woodard, a standout at Kansas University (USA), was captain of the 1984 U.S. Olympic gold-medal winning team and a member of the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame.
Nov 1, 2021 · On October 7, 1985, Lynette Woodard, captain of the gold-medal-winning U.S. Olympic women's basketball team in 1984, becomes the first female player for the Harlem Globetrotters. “I got chills,...
May 8, 2024 · Some outstanding Globetrotters were Reece “Goose” Tatum, Marques Haynes, Clarence Wilson, “Meadowlark” Lemon, Wilt “the Stilt” Chamberlain, Herb “Geese” Ausbie, and Lynette Woodard, the first woman to play for the team.
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Lynette Woodard played varsity women's basketballin high school, achieving many records and helping to win two consecutive state championships. She then played for Lady Jayhawks at the University of Kansas, where she broke the NCAA women's record, with 3,649 points in four years and a 26.3 point per game average. The University retired her jersey n...
Between the two Olympics, Woodard graduated from college, then played basketball in an industrial league in Italy. She worked briefly in 1982 at the University of Kansas. After the 1984 Olympics, she took a job at the University of Kansas with the women's basketball program. Woodard's Education: 1. Wichita North High School, varsity women's basketb...
Woodard's retirement from basketball didn't last long. In 1997, she joined the new Women's National Basketball Association(WNBA), playing with the Cleveland Rockers and then the Detroit Shock, while maintaining her stockbroker position on Wall Street. After her second season she retired again, returning to the University of Kansas where, among her ...
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In 1984, she was a member of the United States women's basketball team that won the gold medal at the Los Angeles Olympic Games . In 1985, Woodard became the first woman ever to play with the Globetrotters. [5] Incidentally, Woodard's cousin, Hubert "Geese" Ausbie, also played for the Globetrotters from 1961 to 1985.
May 29, 2018 · Lynette Woodard is an American basketball player who won a gold medal with the U.S. Olympic team in 1984 and became the first woman to play with the world-renowned Harlem Globetrotters. A high school and college star in Kansas during the 1970s and early 1980s, she played professionally in Europe and Asia before joining the inaugural season of ...
Dec 13, 2022 · Lynette Woodard became the first woman to ever play for a men's professional basketball team when she signed with the Harlem Globetrotters in October 1985.
