Agnes Baldwin Webb
American basketball player (1926–2001)
No. 11 – Nashville Business College | ||||||||||||
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Position | Guard | |||||||||||
League | Amateur Athletic Union | |||||||||||
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Born | (1926-03-24)March 24, 1926 Cross Plains, Tennessee | |||||||||||
Died | June 7, 2001(2001-06-07) (aged 75) | |||||||||||
Nationality | American | |||||||||||
Listed height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | |||||||||||
Listed weight | 125 lb (57 kg) | |||||||||||
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College | Nashville Business College | |||||||||||
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Agnes Louise Baldwin Webb (March 24, 1926 – June 7, 2001) was an American women's basketball player, who played on the first United States women's national basketball team. Baldwin played basketball at Nashville Business College, which was a perennial powerhouse in the Amateur Athletic Union. Baldwin was part of the national team which won the first women's world basketball championship.[1][2]
Webb died on June 7, 2001, at the age of 75.[3]
References
- ^ U.S. Women's Basketball Archived October 19, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "FIRST WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FOR WOMEN-- 1953". Archived from the original on 2016-05-06. Retrieved 2014-08-04.
- ^ "Agnes Louise Baldwin". U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936–2007. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
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United States squad – 1953 FIBA World Championship for Women – Gold medal
- 5 Washington
- 6 Bowden
- 7 Thompson
- 9 Murphy
- 11 Baldwin
- 12 Sanders
- 14 Loyd
- Clark
- Nash
- Coach J. Head
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