Ray Borner
Ray Borner| Personal information |
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| Born |
(1962-05-27) 27 May 1962
Ballarat, Victoria |
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| Nationality |
Australian |
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| Listed height |
208 cm (6 ft 10 in) |
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| Listed weight |
114 kg (251 lb) |
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| Career information |
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| College |
LSU (1981–1982) |
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| Pro career |
1980–2001 |
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| Position |
Centre |
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| Career history |
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| 1980–1985 |
Coburg Giants |
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| 1986–1988 |
Illawarra Hawks |
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| 1989–1992 |
North Melbourne Giants |
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| 1993–1994 |
Geelong Supercats |
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| 1995–2000 |
Canberra Cannons |
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| 2001 |
Wollongong Hawks |
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| Career highlights and awards |
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- NBL MVP (1985)
- All NBL First Team (1985)
- NBL champion (1989)
- NBL Hall of Fame Member
- Awarded OAM 26 Jan 2009
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Ray Helmut Borner AM (born 27 May 1962) is a former Australian basketball player who competed in the National Basketball League. He was named as the NBL's Most Valuable Player for the 1985 season, becoming the first Australian born player to win the award.
Ray Borner played 518 NBL games over 22 seasons for four separate teams: Coburg/North Melbourne Giants, Illawarra Hawks, Geelong Supercats and Canberra Cannons.[1][2] Borner won his only NBL Championship in 1989 as a member of the North Melbourne Giants who defeated the Canberra Cannons 2-0 in the best of 3 Grand Final series.
Borner, a 6'10" (208 cm) tall Centre, also competed for the Boomers in four Summer Olympic Games: 1984 in Los Angeles, 1988 in Seoul, 1992 in Barcelona, and 1996 in Atlanta.[1]
Ray Borner was inducted into the Australian Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006 and was awarded the Order of Australia medal on Australia Day in 2009.
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