Olympic Career
Lindsay Gaze was born in Adelaide in August 1936, the son of Albert J. Gaze and Avis M. Gaze. As a youth, he played both basketball and Australian rules football. Gaze played in the Victorian Football Association for Prahran. He was selected as a member of an Australian rules team that played an exhibition match in the Melbourne Olympics although he didn't take the field.
However, it was in basketball that he would make his mark in the Olympics. He was selected for the Australian basketball team for the Rome Olympics which was the first Australian basketball team to travel overseas for the Olympics. Gaze soon established himself as one of Australia's leading basketballers establishing an international reputation when he was selected as a member of the All-Star Five in the 1962 World Championships. He married Margaret Gaze in 1962 with the couple having a son, Andrew Gaze (born 24 July 1965) and a daughter, Janet Gaze-Daniels (born 8 July 1964).
Gaze would represent Australia at the Rome Olympics, Tokyo Olympics and Mexico City Olympics. He developed a reputation as a fanatical trainer training two or three times a week with his club and at home. Gaze also coached national under 16 and under 18 squads during his playing career.
His reputation for training led to his appointment as the coach of Melbourne Tigers in 1970 and of the Australian basketball side in 1971 coaching the team at four Olympic Games in 1972, 1976, 1980 and 1984. Andrew Gaze was part of the team that he coached in 1984. Lindsay Gaze would write his first book Better Basketball in 1977.
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