Keith Miller

Sort Order HTML <h2><strong>Keith Miller</strong></h2>

Sort Order HTML <p>Keith Miller enjoyed a distinguished playing career that saw him awarded the</p>

Sort Order HTML <p>inauguralWoollacott Medal in 1947 as the best and fairest player in the</p>

Sort Order HTML <p>South Australian men’s competition, but it is as a coaching pioneer and</p>

Sort Order HTML <p>innovator that he will be remembered most.</p>

Sort Order HTML <p>He coached the South Australian men’s team between 1960 and 1964 and</p>

Sort Order HTML <p>won three State titles and began coaching the Australian men’s team in</p>

Sort Order HTML <p>1962. He led them through a perilous pre-Olympic Qualifying tournament to</p>

Sort Order HTML <p>contest the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo, where the team finished ninth.</p>

Sort Order HTML <p>He is a Life Member of West Adelaide Basketball Club, the metropolitan</p>

Sort Order HTML <p>Amateur Basketball Association and the South Australian Amateur</p>

Sort Order HTML <p>Basketball Association. In 1981 he was the recipient of the Australian</p>

Sort Order HTML <p><strong>Coach</strong> Keith Miller enjoyed a distinguished playing career that saw him awarded the inaugural Woollacott Medal in 1947 as the best and fairest player in the South Australian men’s competition, but it is as a coaching pioneer and innovator that he will be remembered most. He coached the South Australian men’s team between 1960 and 1964 and won three State titles and began coaching the Australian men’s team in 1962. He led them to contest the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo, where the team finished ninth. Keith has been made a Life Member of West Adelaide Basketball Club, the Metropolitan Amateur Basketball Association and the South Australian Amateur Basketball Association. In 1981 he was the deserved recipient of an Australian Basketball Union Merit Award</p>