Bob Elphinston

Robert "Bob" Alexander Elphinston OAM (born 25 September 1941) is a leading Australian and international sport administrator particularly in relation to basketball and the Olympic Games movement.

Personal Elphinston attended Sydney Technical High School and Sydney Teacher's College . He qualified as a physical education teacher. His wife Maureen Reilly, a past member of the Australian national women's basketball team, died in 2021. They had two children - Brett and Nicole.

Basketball Elphinston has made a significant contribution to basketball at state, national and international arena. He was introduced to basketball as a physical education teacher and went onto play for Paratels in the Sydney competition. He was heavily involved in the establishment of the Bankstown Basketball Association. This included the construction of seven court Bankstown Basketball Stadium in Sydney during his 17 year term as President. His basketball state level involvement commenced with being a NSW State selector and coach of junior and senior teams in the 1960s and 1970's including Head coach of the NSW women’s team, which became Australian Champions in 1975. in 1979, he was an inaugural director of the National Basketball League board.

He was manager of the Australian men's national team (Boomers) at the 1982 World Championships and 1984 Olympic Games. He was the Boomers team manager on thirty eight occasions. He was also founding president of the Australian Basketball Coaches Association.

Elphinston was elected President of Oceania Basketball and Vice President of FIBA in 2002 and then elected President of FIBA from 2006-2010, the first member from Oceania to hold this position. From 2010 to 2014, he was President of FIBA Oceania. He was International Basketball Foundation President from 2008-2014 and this included the establishment of FIBA’s House of Basketball in Switzerland.

Following the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, he was appointed Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) Director of Sport & Operations. He was AOC Secretary-General from 2001 to 2004 and this included the Australian team administration director for the 2004 Athens Olympic Games. 2006 - Sport Australia Hall of Fame General Member 2007 - Basketball Australia Hall of Fame inductee 2011 - Basketball NSW Hall of Fame inductee 2019 - Legend in the Basketball NSW Hall of Fame