Colleen Quinn regards her elevation to the Hockey Australia Hall of Fame as the “greatest honour you can offer any sportswoman or sportsman”.
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The Novocastrian was recognised at a lunch at Customs House on Thursday after Hockey Australia called off last month’s Hall of Fame function in Melbourne due to slow ticket sales.
But the lack of a gala ceremony did not dampen the 86-year-old’s delight at joining the select group.
Quinn, a centre half for Oxfords, graduated from the National Park fields to captaining her country over a 25-year senior career.
She played for Australia from 1959 to 1971, including at two world cups, and led the team on tour in 1970 and at the 1971 world titles.
She coached NSW for six years and Australia for three, was a long-term state and national selector, received the Order of Australia Medal in 1988 and entered the Hockey NSW Hall of Fame eight years ago.
She attributed her success to her sporting origins.
”I think that’s probably the answer to my career, because the strength of Newcastle hockey was amazing,” she told the Herald.