Noel MacDonald- Player Bio: By Jocelyn Moore

Noel MacDonald

Noel MacDonald was born in Motlach, Saskatchewan January 23^rd, 1915. In 1933 Noel was a 5'10 18 year old when she joined the Senior Edmonton Grads basketball team and then played for seven years. During this time MacDonald received the honor of being named the team’s captain (1936). Throughout her time as a grad, Noel won every women's canadian basketball national championship,aswell as every provincial championship she played in. She was the recipiant of the Bobbie Rosenfeld Award in 1938. She also competed in exhibition play at the Berlin Olympics, where she was named captain. During her time at the oympics, the Grads one every match they competted in. By the end of her career Noel was the grads all-time leading scorer averaging 13.8 points per game. Noel was not only the Grads best scorer, but she was also their best defenfer. MacDonald was always assigned the opponents teams best player. In 1938 MacDonald was named Canada’s female athlete of the year by the Canadian Press. Throughout her entire career as a grad, Noel only lost 3 games, winning 57. After retiring from basketball, Noel married a hockey player named Harry Robertsonwas and later became an executive of the Canadian Amateur Basketball Association. MacDonald also coached  the University of Alberta’s women’s basketball team, and a girls high school basketball team in Alberta. In 1971 MacDonald was inducted into the Canadian Sports hall of fame.  Noel MacDonald  is still one of Canada’s greatest female basketball players of all time and has one of the most impressive basketball careers in sport history.