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1944 World Professional Basketball Tournament
The 1944 World Professional Basketball Tournament was the 6th edition of the World Professional Basketball Tournament. It was held in Chicago, Illinois, during the days of 20–24 March 1944 and featured 14 teams. It was won by the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons who defeated the Brooklyn Eagles 50–33 in the championship game. The Harlem Globetrotters came in third after beating the New York Rens 37–29 in the third-place game. Bobby McDermott of Fort Wayne was named the tournaments Most Valuable Player. Results First round :20 March - Dayton Aviators 52, Akron Collegians 38 :20 March - Brooklyn Eagles 55, Camp Campbell Tankmen 41 :20 March - New York Rens 39, Detroit Suffrins 33 :21 March - Cleveland Chase Brassmen 55, Indianapolis Pure Oils 52 :21 March - Oshkosh All-Stars 51, Rochester Wings 40 :21 March - Harlem Globetrotters 41, Pittsburgh Corbetts 40 Quarter-finals :22 March - Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons 59, Dayton Aviators 34 :22 March - New York Rens 62, C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicago, Illinois
(''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = United States , subdivision_type1 = State , subdivision_type2 = Counties , subdivision_name1 = Illinois , subdivision_name2 = Cook and DuPage , established_title = Settled , established_date = , established_title2 = Incorporated (city) , established_date2 = , founder = Jean Baptiste Point du Sable , government_type = Mayor–council , governing_body = Chicago City Council , leader_title = Mayor , leader_name = Lori Lightfoot ( D) , leader_title1 = City Clerk , leader_name1 = Anna Valencia ( D) , unit_pref = Imperial , area_footnotes = , area_tot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Detroit Suffrins
Detroit ( , ; , ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is also the largest U.S. city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of government of Wayne County. The City of Detroit had a population of 639,111 at the 2020 census, making it the 27th-most populous city in the United States. The metropolitan area, known as Metro Detroit, is home to 4.3 million people, making it the second-largest in the Midwest after the Chicago metropolitan area, and the 14th-largest in the United States. Regarded as a major cultural center, Detroit is known for its contributions to music, art, architecture and design, in addition to its historical automotive background. '' Time'' named Detroit as one of the fifty World's Greatest Places of 2022 to explore. Detroit is a major port on the Detroit River, one of the four major straits that connect the Great Lakes system to the Saint Lawrence Seaway. The City of Detroit anchors the second-largest regional econ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
