Category | Contributor Date of Birth | 26.03.1924 Country | Australia
Highlights
One of the all-time greatest and longest-tenured voluntary workers/executives in Australian sports and perhaps in basketball history
Diploma of Physical Education at the Sydney Teachers College in 1948
Bachelor of Science at the McGill University, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in 1952
Master of Education at the University of Sydney in 1967
Secretary of the New South Wales Basketball Association: 1955-1964
Secretary of the Australian Basketball Union: 1963-1977
Founder of the Oceania Basketball Confederation (current FIBA Oceania) in 1967
Secretary General of the Oceania Basketball Confederation: 1967-1997
President of the Oceania Basketball Confederation: 1997-2002
Member of the FIBA Central Board for 25 years
In 2004, Ramsay authored 'Dunked - Australian Basketball Revealed', a 300-page book on the history of the game in his country
Distinctions & Recognitions
Life Member of the New South Wales Basketball Association in 1965
Life Member of the Australian Basketball Federation in 1976
Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 1980
Fellow of the Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation in 1982
Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in 1998
Australian Sports Medal in 2000
Life President of the Oceania Basketball Confederation in 2001
Honorary Member of FIBA in 2002
FIBA Order of Merit in 2002
Inaugural Inductee of the Basketball Australia Hall of Fame in 2004
In July 2006 the Basketball Australia Hall of Fame Honours Committee decided to promote Al Ramsay's Hall of Fame status to 'Legend', the first elevation of its kind
In addition, the winners of competitions between Australia and New Zealand are now awarded the Al Ramsay Shield, while winners of the Men's Pacific Island Tournaments clinch the Al Ramsay Trophy