Judy Blair

Judith Ann Blair (née Dunlop; born 29 November 1941) is a former New Zealand netball player. She played 19 international matches for the New Zealand team between 1960 and 1967, including captaining the side to victory at the 1967 World Netball Championships.

Early life Blair was born Judith Ann Dunlop on 29 November 1941, the daughter of Ernest and Monica Daphne Dunlop. She was educated at Linwood High School in Christchurch. After leaving school, she found employment as a leather worker.

Netball career Dunlop began playing representative netball for Canterbury in 1956, and first gained South Island selection in 1958. and later that year she was selected for the New Zealand team that toured Australia. In the first Test match in Adelaide, New Zealand achieved their first ever victory over , winning 49–40. However, the second and third Tests of the series were won by Australia, 44–39 and 46–45, respectively.

By the inaugural World Netball Championships at Eastbourne, England, in 1963, Dunlop had married, and was known by her married name. At the tournament, New Zealand recorded nine wins and one loss, 36–37 against Australia, to finish as runners-up.

Later life In 1972, Blair gave birth to her daughter Belinda, who would also go on to play netball for New Zealand. They were the first mother and daughter to represent New Zealand in netball.

The 1967 world championship team was inducted into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame in 1996. In the 2006 Queen's Birthday Honours, Blair was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to netball. In 2024, she was an inaugural inductee to the Netball New Zealand Hall of Fame.