Pam Marsden is a former netball player who played for New Zealand's gold medal-winning team in the 1967 World Netball Championships.
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Born | 5 June 1941 | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||
| Netball career | ||||||||||||||
| Playing position(s): GD, WD | ||||||||||||||
| Years | National team(s) | Caps | ||||||||||||
| 1967-69 | New Zealand | 8 | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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Netball career
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 championships, which were held in Perth, Western Australia. She played in the goal keeper (GK) and goal defence (GD) positions. Her first game for her country was against South Africa in the world championships 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 championship team was inducted into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame in 1996.[3]
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