The Chicago Bruins were an American

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team based in

Chicago (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name ...

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. Owned by

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football team owner

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, the Bruins were a member of the American Basketball League, a league that also featured other

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team owners and run by NFL President Joseph Carr. Among the team's players were Bears quarterback

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and future

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inductee

Nat Holman Nat Holman (October 19, 1896 – February 12, 1995) was an American professional basketball player and college coach. He is a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and is the only coach to lead his team to NCAA and National In ...

. The team later played in the National Basketball League (1939–1942) and

World Professional Basketball Tournament The World Professional Basketball Tournament was an annual invitational tournament held in Chicago from 1939 to 1948 and sponsored by the ''Chicago Herald American''. Many teams came from the National Basketball League, but it also included the be ...

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