John Gardiner (basketball)

John Gardiner
Personal information
NationalityAustralian
Born(1943-03-03)3 March 1943
Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Died17 May 2014(2014-05-17) (aged 71)
Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Sport
SportBasketball

John Neville Gardiner (3 March 1943 – 17 May 2014) was an Australian basketball player.[1] He competed in the men's tournament at the 1964 Summer Olympics.[2]

In 2014, the NBL1 West Coach of the Year Award for the Men's League was named in honour of Gardiner[3] following his death.[4] Gardiner was involved with basketball for more than 50 years as a player, coach and administrator at all levels of the game. He coached more than 400 games and won five Men's SBL championships with the Perry Lakes Hawks, including four consecutive between 2001 and 2004.[4]

In 2021, Gardiner was one of 11 inaugural inductees into the Basketball WA Hall of Fame.[5][6]

References

  1. ^ "John Gardiner fondly remembered". Newcastle Herald. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "John Gardiner Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  3. ^ "2014 BASKETBALL WA AWARD WINNERS". BasketballWA.asn.au. 9 September 2014. Archived from the original on 25 October 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  4. ^ a b "Basketball mourns passing of WA great". The West Australian. 17 May 2014. Archived from the original on 25 October 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  5. ^ O'Donoghue, Craig (12 August 2021). "Basketball WA's Hall of Fame to induct 11 people including Luc Longley, Andrew Vlahov and Mike Ellis". The West Australian. Retrieved 19 September 2025.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  6. ^ "The Gardiner Legacy". Perry Lakes Basketball. 22 August 2023. Retrieved 8 November 2025.


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