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Lusia Harris

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Basketball Player

The Resume

    (February 10, 1955-January 18, 2022)
    Born in Minter City, Mississippi
    Middle name was Mae
    Known as the 'Queen of Basketball'
    Attended Delta State University
    Led Delta University's Lady Statesmen to three consecutive national championships
    Olympic Silver medalist (1976)

Why she might be annoying:

    She was six foot three!
    When she was drafted by the New Orleans Jazz of the NBA she didn't report to training camp because she thought it was a publicity stunt.
    She played professionally for only one year (in the 1979–80 season with the Houston Angels of the pre-WNBA Women's Professional Basketball League).

Why she might not be annoying:

    She was one of eleven kids.
    Her parents were sharecroppers and she picked cotton as a child.
    Her childhood sports hero was Oscar Robertson.
    She was the first female to score a basket in the Olympics.
    She was chosen by the New Orleans Jazz ahead of 33 men in the all-male NBA (the only woman to hold such a distinction).
    If the WNBA had existed yet, she would have been a major sports star.
    She became the first African-American woman - and one of the two first women - inducted in the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame (1992).
    She was among the 26 inaugural inductees to the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame (1999).
    Shaquille O'Neal dubbed her the GOAT/Greatest of All Time.
    A documentary in her honor ('Queen of Basketball') - produced by Shaq - won an Academy Award for Best Short Subject Documentary in 2022.

Credit: BoyWiththeGreenHair


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 8 Votes: 0% Annoying