14 Facts About Noel MacDonald

In 1938, MacDonald was awarded the Bobbie Rosenfeld Award and Velma Springstead Trophy as the best Canadian female athlete of the year.

Noel MacDonald is one of the few people who have been inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame twice, and was inducted into the Canada Basketball Hall of Fame in 1978.

On January 23,1915, Noel MacDonald was born in Mortlach, Saskatchewan.

Noel MacDonald spent her childhood in Estevan and Moose Jaw.

Noel MacDonald was on girls basketball teams while completing her education.

Noel MacDonald started her basketball career with the Edmonton Gradettes in 1931 before joining the Edmonton Grads in 1933.

Noel MacDonald retired from the Grads in 1939 with a points per game average of 13.8 and an all-time Grads best of 1,874 points.

In 1938, Noel MacDonald won the Velma Springstead Trophy for best female athlete of Canada.

When Noel MacDonald won the Bobbie Rosenfeld Award the same year, she became the first and only woman to receive the award for women's basketball.

Noel MacDonald was inducted into the Canada Basketball Hall of Fame in 1978.

Noel MacDonald is one of only ten people who have been inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame twice.

Noel MacDonald was first awarded the Order of Sport in 1971, and again as a member of the Edmonton Grads in 2017.

In 1939, with 17 games left in her final season Noel MacDonald eloped with Harry Robertson, a former Canadian National hockey player turned oil businessman keeping their marriage secret for the remainder of the season as married women were not allowed to play on the team.

On May 13,2008, Noel MacDonald died from Alzheimer's disease in Edmonton, Alberta.