Isaac Walker Duffey (May 31, 1906 – April 4, 1967) was an American businessman and sports executive. He organized a successful barnstorming team called the Anderson Chiefs, and later bought a National Basketball League franchise, which he named the

Anderson 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 Jo ...

. The Packers played in the National Basketball League for three years, winning the final NBL championship, and later spent time in the

National Basketball Association The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America. The league is composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada) and is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United S ...

and National Professional Basketball League. Duffey was the interim coach of the Packers for three games in the 1949–50 season, going 1-2 before turning the reins over to former NBL coach

Doxie Moore John Doxie Moore (February 13, 1911 – April 23, 1986) was an American basketball player and coach. He attended Delphi Community High School, Delphi High School in Delphi, Indiana, and played college basketball at Purdue University from 1930 to ...

. He, along with his brother John, was the founder and owner of the meatpacking company Duffey's Inc., owners of the Hughes-Curry Packing Co. of Anderson from 1946 to 1949. Following his venture into basketball, Duffey was president of the

Central Indiana Railway The Central Indiana & Western Railroad is a short-line switching and terminal railroad in southwestern Madison County in Indiana. It branches off a CSX line near the city of Anderson and runs approximately seven miles west-southwest, terminatin ...

from 1951 until his death from cancer in 1967. Duffey also attended Marion Normal College (now called

Ball State University Ball State University (Ball State, State or BSU) is a public university, public research university in Muncie, Indiana. It has two satellite facilities in Fishers, Indiana, Fishers and Indianapolis. On July 25, 1917, the Ball brothers, indust ...

) in the 1920s.

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