Danny Morseu

Born on Thursday Island in the Torres Strait, Danny Morseu began playing basketball at school before developing his game in Cairns. After being recruited to Melbourne, he joined the St Kilda Saints and helped the club win the first two National Basketball League championships. Morseu was 22 when he made his Olympic debut at Moscow 1980, where Australia finished eighth.

Morseu returned for Los Angeles 1984 and helped the Boomers reach the quarter-finals before finishing seventh, their best Olympic result at the time. A three-time national league champion, he became the first Indigenous player inducted into the National Basketball League Hall of Fame in 2002. He was also inducted into the Aboriginal and Islander Sports Hall of Fame.