FIBA Hall of Fame
    Liliana RONCHETTI (ITA)

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    2007
    CLASS

    Category | Player Date of Birth | 15.09.1927 Date of Death | 04.02.1974 Position | Point Guard Height | 171cm (5'7") Country | Italy

    Clubs

    • Società Ginnastica Comense: 1947-1955

    • Bernocchi Legnano: 1955-1956

    • Autonomi Torino: 1956-1957

    • Chlorodont Milano: 1957-1958

    • Standa Milano: 1958-1965

    • Zaiss Milano: 1965-1966

    • Ri.Ri Mendrisio: 1966-1971

    • Ignis Varese: 1971-1973

    Club Highlights

    • 4 times Champion of the Italian League: 1950, 1951, 1952 and 1953

    • 3 times Champion of the Swiss League: 1967, 1968 and 1969

    • 4 times Top-scorer of the Italian League: 1952, 1953, 1954 and 1960

    • Scored 51 points in a game with Società Ginnastica Comense, which represents an all-time scoring record for a woman in a game of the Italian League

    National Team

    • 83 appearances with the Italian National Team

    • Participated in 6 European Championships with the Italian National Team: Moscow 1952, Belgrade 1954, Prague 1956, Lodz 1958, Sofia 1960 and Mulhouse 1962

    Individual Highlights

    • Retired at 45 years of age; her career as a professional basketball player lasted an impressive number of 26 years

    • Leaded the 1950-1951 and 1951-1952 rosters of the Società Ginnastica Comense to two straight seasons completely undefeated in the Italian League

    • In 1975, FIBA named its second competitions for women's clubs, the former European Cup of Cups, as the European Cup Liliana Ronchetti