Reardon, Nancy (1914-1941)

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Netball Player and Teacher
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Nancy Reardon was a gifted Tasmanian athlete who excelled in rowing and netball.

Appointed Head Sports Mistress at Friends School in Hobart, Tasmania, in the mid-1930s, Nancy was credited with raising the standard of netball (then known as basketball) in that state to a very high level in the period before the war. She was the first Tasmanian ever to be appointed to the All-Australian Representative netball team chosen in 1939 to tour New Zealand in 1940. Unfortunately, she never had the opportunity to represent her country overseas. The 1940 tour to New Zealand was cancelled due to the outbreak of World War Two. That same year, Nancy married Rex Marsh and moved to Western Australia. The marriage was shortlived for Nancy died in childbirth in 1941. Her daughter, Diana Nancy Marsh, was raised in Western Australia.

  • 1939 All Australian team selection - Nancy Reardon was selected in the 1939 All Australian Representative Netball (Basketball) team to tour New Zealand in 1940.

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Australian Women's Register

  1. She's Game: Women Making Australian Sporting History
    Australian Women's Archives Project
    [2007]
    Published: Australian Women's Archives Project
    Series: http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/sg/sport-home.html
  2. A Netball History in Tasmania: 'The First Bounce' - An Account of the History of the Sport in Tasmania
    Barker, Pauline
    [2005]
    Published: Images and Visual Solutions

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  1. [John Reardon interview]
    Reardon, John, 1930-1988
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    Reardon, John, 1930-1988
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  3. [John Reardon interview, July 21, 1975]
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  2. Factors That Promote Implementation of Peace Education Training. Peace Education Miniprints No. 94 / Ian M. Harris, Jessica Glowinski and Nancy Perleberg
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  3. The Department of Defense and its use of small businesses : an economic and industry analysis / Elaine Reardon, Nancy Y. Moore
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  4. Reach for the top : women and the changing facts of work life / edited, with an introduction by Nancy A. Nichols ; foreword by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
    Nichols, Nancy A., 1959-
    [ Book : 1994 ]
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  1. Miss Nancy Reardon
    The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954) Tuesday 3 June 1941 p 7 Article
    ... Miss Nancy Reardon Miss Nancy Reardon one of Tasmania's outstanding athletts, died suddenly ... ¡he Tasmanian crew v which won the Aus- tralian championship in Brisbane in 19 lu Miss Reardon ... death she was an instructor s for physical training Miss Reardon was educated at the Hobart ... 121 words
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  2. WOMEN'S BASKETBALL ALL-AUSTRALIA TEAM Miss Nancy Reardon (T.) Included ADELAIDE, September 3.
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  3. WEDDED THIS WEEK
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