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Anderson Duffey Packers
The Anderson Packers, also known as the Anderson Duffey Packers and the Chief Anderson Meat Packers, were a professional basketball team based in Anderson, Indiana, in the 1940s and 1950s. The team was founded and owned by brothers Ike W. and John B. Duffey, founders of meat packing company Duffey's Incorporated, which had purchased the Hughes-Curry Packing Co. of Anderson in 1946, at which time the brothers founded the Anderson Packers. John Duffey was president of the club, and its secretary-treasurer was Ike. The Duffeys profitably sold their Anderson packing plant three years later, although they retained ownership of the team until its demise. The Packers played in the National Basketball League from 1946 to 1949. The team moved into the National Basketball Association for the 1949–50 season. The franchise withdrew from the NBA on April 11, 1950, when the organization was absorbed by the league. After that season the team moved to the National Professional Basketball ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Basketball League (United States)
The National Basketball League (NBL) was a professional basketball league in the United States established in 1937. After the 1948–49 season, its twelfth, it merged with the Basketball Association of America (BAA) to create the National Basketball Association (NBA). Five current NBA teams trace their history back to the NBL: the Atlanta Hawks, the Detroit Pistons, the Los Angeles Lakers, the Philadelphia 76ers, and the Sacramento Kings. History The predecessor of this league was the Midwest Basketball Conference (MBC) in 1935. It changed its name in 1937 in an attempt to attract a larger audience. The league was created by three corporations: General Electric, Firestone and Goodyear. It was primarily made up of Great Lakes area small-market and corporate teams. The league began rather informally. Scheduling was left to the discretion of each of the teams, as long as the team played at least ten games and four of them were on the road. Games played increased yearly as t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1947–48 Rochester Royals Season ...
The 1947–48 Rochester Royals season was the franchise's third season in the National Basketball League (NBL). The team finished with a 44-16 record, the best record in the league. The team lost the NBL Championship for the second straight year. League standings Eastern standings Western Division Team statistics Regular season Playoffs Awards and honors *1st Team: Al Cervi, Red Holzman *2nd Team: Bob Davies Transactions References {{DEFAULTSORT:1947-48 Rochester Royals Season Sacramento Kings seasons Rochester Rochester Royals Rochester Royals The Sacramento Kings are an American professional basketball team based in Sacramento, California. The Kings compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Western Conference Pacific Division. The Kings are the oldest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Defunct National Basketball Association Teams
The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional men's basketball league, consisting of thirty teams in North America (twenty-nine in the United States and one in Canada). The NBA was founded in New York City on June 6, 1946, as the Basketball Association of America (BAA). It adopted the name National Basketball Association at the start of the 1949–50 season when it absorbed the National Basketball League (NBL). The NBA is an active member of USA Basketball, which is recognized by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) as the National Governing Body (NGB) for basketball in the country. The league is considered to be one of the four major professional sports leagues of North America. There have been 15 defunct NBA franchises, of which nine played in only one NBA season. The Anderson Packers, the original Denver Nuggets, the Indianapolis Jets, the Sheboygan Red Skins, and the Waterloo Hawks had played in the NBL before joining the NBA, while the original Bal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Professional Basketball League (1950–51)
The National Professional Basketball League (NPBL) was a professional basketball league in the United States from 1950–51, serving as a successor league to the National Basketball League that operated from 1937 to 1949. History The National Basketball Association contracted after the 1949–1950 season, losing six teams: The Anderson Packers, Sheboygan Red Skins and Waterloo Hawks jumped to the NPBL, while the Chicago Stags, Denver Nuggets and St. Louis Bombers folded. The league went from 17 teams to 11 before the 1950–1951 season started. Midway through the 1950–1951 season, the Washington Capitols folded as well, bringing the number of teams in the league down to ten. The National Professional Basketball League was formed around the former NBA teams, with teams added in new larger markets. The charter teams were the East Division: Sheboygan Redskins (Former NBA), Anderson Packers (Former NBA), Louisville Alumnites and Grand Rapids Hornets. West Division: Denver Ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1949–50 Minneapolis Lakers Season
The 1949–50 Minneapolis Lakers season was the second season for the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Lakers repeated as NBA Champions, defeating the Syracuse Nationals in six games in the NBA Finals, making it (to date) the only franchise to win the championship in each of its first two NBA seasons. NBA Draft Roster Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents Game log Playoffs , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 1 , March 21 , @ Rochester W 78–76, George Mikan (35) , Herm Schaefer (7) , Edgerton Park Arena , 1–0 , - , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 1 , March 22 , Chicago W 85–75, George Mikan (30) , George Mikan (3) , Minneapolis Auditorium , 1–0 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 2 , March 25 , @ Chicago W 75–67, George Mikan (34) , — , Chicago Stadium , 2–0 , - , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 1 , March 27 , Fort Wayne W 93–79, George Mikan (24) , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1949–50 Indianapolis Olympians Season
The 1949–50 NBA season was the first season for the Indianapolis Olympians in the National Basketball Association (NBA). NBA Draft Roster , - ! colspan="2" style="background-color: #318CE7; color: #FFFFFF; text-align: center;" , Indianapolis Olympians 1949–50 roster , - style="background-color: #FFFFFF; color: #C41E3A; text-align: center;" ! Players !! Coaches , - , valign="top" , ! Pos. !! # !! Nat. !! Name !! Ht. !! Wt. !! From , - Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents Game log Playoffs West Division Semifinals (1) Indianapolis Olympians vs. (4) Sheboygan Red Skins: ''Olympians win series 2-1'' *Game 1 @ Indianapolis (March 21): Indianapolis 86, Sheboygan 85 *Game 2 @ Sheboygan (March 23): Sheboygan 95, Indianapolis 85 *Game 3 @ Indianapolis (March 25): Indianapolis 91, Sheboygan 84 This was the first playoff meeting between the Olympians and Red Skins. West Division Finals (1) Indianapolis Olympians vs. (2) Anderson Packe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1949–50 Tri-Cities Blackhawks Season
The 1949–50 season was the Tri-Cities Blackhawks' fourth season of play and first in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Roster Regular season On October 29th, the Blackhawks defeated the Denver Nuggets in the first ever NBA game following the NBL– BAA merger. Season standings Record vs. opponents Game log Playoffs , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" , 1 , March 16 , @ Anderson L 77–89, Jack Nichols (27) , Anderson High School Wigwam , 0–1 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 2 , March 18 , Anderson W 76–75, Jack Nichols (23) , Wharton Field House , 1–1 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" , 3 , March 24 , @ Anderson L 71–94, Dike Eddleman (23) , Anderson High School Wigwam , 1–2 , - References {{DEFAULTSORT:1949-50 Tri-Cities Blackhawks Season Atlanta Hawks seasons Tri-Cities Atlanta Hawks Atlanta Hawks The Atlanta Hawks are an American professional basketball team based in Atlanta. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Division (NBA)
The Western Division was a division in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and its forerunner, the Basketball Association of America (BAA). The division was created at the start of the 1946–47 BAA season, when the league was created, and was then kept as one of the divisions when BAA merged with the National Basketball League (NBL) to create the NBA on August 3, 1949. The division existed until the 1970–71 NBA season when the NBA expanded from 14 to 17 teams and realigned into the Eastern and Western conferences with two divisions each. Teams ;Notes * * denotes an expansion team. * denotes a team that merged from the National Basketball League (NBL) Team timeline DateFormat = yyyy ImageSize = width:1150 height:auto barincrement:25 Period = from:1946 till:1970 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal PlotArea = right:60 left:20 bottom:20 top:0 Colors = id:barcolor value:rgb(0.99,0.7,0.7) id:line value:black id:bg value:white PlotData = ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1949–50 Anderson Packers Season
The 1949–50 NBA season was the only season for the Anderson Packers in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Roster Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents Game log ''Neutral Games:'' November 8 vs St. Louis was played in Richmond, Indiana November 9 vs Tri-Cities was played in Chicago, Illinois March 11 vs New York was played in Chicago, Illinois Playoffs Western Division Semifinals (2) Anderson Packers vs. (3) Tri-Cities Blackhawks: ''Packers win series 2-1'' *Game 1 @ Anderson (March 21): Anderson 89, Tri-Cities 77 *Game 2 @ Tri-Cities (March 23): Tri-Cities 76, Anderson 75 *Game 3 @ Anderson (March 24): Anderson 94, Tri-Cities 71 This was the first playoff meeting between the Packers and Blackhawks. Western Division Finals (1) Indianapolis Olympians vs. (2) Anderson Packers: ''Packers win series 2-1'' *Game 1 @ Indianapolis (March 28): Indianapolis 77, Anderson 74 *Game 2 @ Anderson (March 30): Anderson 84, Indianapolis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oshkosh All-Stars
The Oshkosh All-Stars were an American professional basketball team based in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Founded in 1929 by Lonnie Darling, the team was a member of the National Basketball League (United States), National Basketball League, a forerunner to the NBA, from 1937 until 1949. History The team began as a Barnstorm (sports), barnstorming team, playing loosely structured games against other Wisconsin-based teams. It did not belong to a league. Sports editor of the ''Oshkosh Daily Northwestern'', Arthur Heywood, thought Oshkosh should have a professional basketball team to give people something to talk about over the winter months. Heywood took the idea to Lonnie Darling, a seed distributor and salesman for the G. H. Hunkel Co. Although Darling had never played a game of basketball in his life, he agreed and recruited 30 talented local players to try out.Strasser, Myles. "The Oshkosh Allstars". ''The Oshkosh Daily Northwestern'', January 1979. The team had no set roster, and pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1948–49 Syracuse Nationals Season
The 1948–49 Syracuse Nationals season was the third season of the franchise in the National Basketball League. The Nationals finished with the first winning season in team history. Roster Regular season Eastern Division standings Playoffs Won Opening Round ( Hammond Calumet Buccaneers) 2–0Lost Division Semifinals (Anderson Packers) 3–1 Awards and records * Al Cervi – COY, All-NBL First Team *Dolph Schayes – ROY Roy is a masculine given name and a family surname with varied origin. In Anglo-Norman England, the name derived from the Norman ''roy'', meaning "king", while its Old French cognate, ''rey'' or ''roy'' (modern ''roi''), likewise gave rise to ... References {{DEFAULTSORT:1948-49 Syracuse Nationals Season Philadelphia 76ers seasons Syracuse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
