Chicago Hustle Basketball Jersey worn by Donna Geils
date: label: date made
content: 1980
name: label: user
content: Geils, Donna-Lyn
notes: label: Description
content: Chicago Hustle basketball jersey worn by Donna Geils (now Orender.) The Hustle played in the Women's Professional Basketball League (WBL,) an organization that lasted for three seasons (1978-1981.)
label: Description
content: Donna Geils Orender played college basketball at Queens College. In 1979 she joined the WBL in its premier season, playing for the New York Stars (1978.) She would star for the New Jersey Gems the following year before joining the Hustle in what would be the WBL's final campaign (1980-1981.)
label: Description
content: Over the course of her WBL career, Ordender averaged 13.2 points per game, with 2.9 rebounds and 2.5 assists.
label: Description
content: Following her playing career, Orender became a television producer before becoming the second president of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA,) helming the league from 2005-2011.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: web subject
content: Women
label: name of sport
content: Basketball
label: level of sport
content: Professional
label: web subject
content: Sports
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Donna-Lyn Geils
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1982.0488.02
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0488.02
label: accession number
content: 1982.0488
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jersey, basketball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: nylon (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 17 in x 22 1/4 in; x 43.18 cm x 56.515 cm