Rosemary Adey, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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South Australia softball player and sports administrator
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Place of Birth: South Australia, Australia
About Rosemary Adey
- Rosemary Adey, OAM (29 January 1933 – 1 October 2013) was an Australian softball player and sports administrator. Adey represented both Australia and South Australia in Softball where she was vice-captain of the SA Open Women's Softball Team (1955–56), Captain (1957–60), and coach (1961–63).
- She was selected in a secondary Australian Squad as captain in 1953 and debuted internationally in 1954 during a test series against New Zealand and was selected in the Australian team to play South Africa in 1960.
- Her onfield specialisation was at 1st base and she played a crucial role as a powerful batter.After her playing days, Adey continued to contribute to Softball by acting as Softball SA Treasurer, Vice President and President, Softball Australia-Vice President and President and internationally as International Softball Federation-Vice President.
- In November 2001, she retired her position on the ISF Board after 51 years of service.
- Softball Australia named an annually awarded medal, "The Rookie of the Year", in her honour.
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