Darlene Currie, a resident of Burnaby for 35 years, represented Canada on the hoop hardwood many times. She played in three Pan-American Games in 1959, 1963 and 1967 in Winnipeg where Canada won a bronze medal. Currie’s teams also won three national senior women’s basketball titles in the 1960s. Her playing days didn’t end there.
She played on a team called the Retreads which won the first World Masters Championships in Edmonton in 1985, took silver in Denmark in 1989 and Bronze in Portland in 1998. The Retreads reorganized to win the 2005 title again in Edmonton. Currie was also head coach of the Canadian women’s national team in 1970 to 1972.
The retired teacher, who is still active playing slo-pitch softball, was inducted into the Canada Basketball Hall of Fame in 1994 and the Basketball B.C. Hall of Fame in 2004.
