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Pam Marsden

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Pam Marsden
Personal information
Full namenée: Hamilton
Born (1941-06-05) 5 June 1941 (age 85)
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Netball career
Playing positions: GD, WD
Years National team Caps
1967-69 New Zealand 8
Medal record
Representing  New Zealand
World Netball Tournament
Gold medal – first place1967 PerthTournament

Pam Marsden is a former New Zealand netball international. She was a member of the New Zealand team at the 1967 World Netball Tournament, when New Zealand won the tournament for the first time.

Netball career

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Marsden (née Hamilton) was born on 5 June 1941. She played basketball for Auckland before being selected for the Silver Ferns, the national netball team, to play in the 1967 World Netball Tournament. She played in the goal keeper (GK) and goal defence (GD) positions. Her first game for her country was against South Africa on 14 August 1967. New Zealand won the championships, beating Australia 40–34 in the deciding match. Marsden also played for the Silver Ferns in 1969, playing for her country for a total of eight occasions.[1][2]

The 1967 World Netball Tournament team was inducted into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame in 1996.[3]

References

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  1. ↑ "Pam Marsden". Silver Ferns. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  2. ↑ "Celebrating 50 years: New Zealand wins GOLD for the first time". Silver Ferns. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  3. ↑ "Netball, 1967". New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved 16 July 2023.