What is Nera White?
{{Infobox basketball biography | name = Nera White | image = Nera White.jpg | caption = | nationality = American | birth_date = {{birth date|1935|11|15}} | birth_place = [[Macon County, Tennessee]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2016|4|13|1935|11|15}} | death_place = [[Gallatin, Tennessee]] | height = {{convert|6|ft|1|in|m}} | weight_lb = | high_school = | college = | highlights = | HOF_player = Nera-White | womensHOF = White | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Women's [[Basketball]]}} {{MedalCountry|the {{USA}} }} {{MedalGold| [[1957 FIBA World Championship for Women|1957 Brazil]] | Team competition}} | show-medals = }} '''Nera D. White''' (November 15, 1935 – April 13, 2016) was an [[Americans|American]] basketball player. White played in the [[Amateur Athletic Union|AAU]] national tournaments for the [[Nashville Business College]] team. Later, she led the United States national women's basketball team to their victory in the [[FIBA World Championship for Women|1957 FIBA World Championship]]. == Career and recognitions == Throughout her career, she was honored many times and won many awards. She is in the [[Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame]] and the [[Women's Basketball Hall of Fame]]. White played at a time when there were no major professional women's basketball leagues in the U.S. She was called one of the greatest female basketball players in history. Talented in multiple sports, she also was distinguished as an All-World player by the [[Amateur Softball Association]]. White died on April 13, 2016 at a hospital in [[Gallatin, Tennessee]] from complications of [[pneumonia]], at the age of 80.<ref>{{cite web | last = Organ | first = Mike | title = Basketball icon, Tennessee native Nera White dies | work = [[The Tennessean]] | date = April 13, 2016 | url = http://www.tennessean.com/story/sports/2016/04/13/tennessee-native-basketball-icon-nera-white-dies/83015652/ | access-date = April 14, 2016}}</ref> ==References== {{