Women’s basketball pioneer Nera White dies at 80
GALLATIN, Tenn. (AP) – Nera White, one of the first female players inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame, has died. She was 80 years old.
The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame issued a release Thursday confirming White’s death. Officials at Alexander Funeral Home in Lafayette, Tennessee, said Thursday that White died Wednesday at Sumner Regional Medical Center in Gallatin, Tennessee.
White was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1992. She entered the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame in 1999 as part of its inaugural induction class.
Playing in an era decades before Title IX, White made her impact on the AAU circuit. She was a 15-time AAU All-American and helped a team sponsored by Nashville Business College win 10 AAU national titles from 1955-69.
