The Philadelphia Fox was a basketball team that played in the

Women's Professional Basketball League The Women's Professional Basketball League (abbreviated WBL) was a professional women's basketball league in the United States. The league played three seasons from the fall of 1978 to the spring of 1981. The league was the first professional w ...

(WBL), the first women's pro league in the

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...

. Owned by Eric Kraus, it was added as an expansion team prior to the WBL's second season, with former

NBA 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 St ...

player

Dave Wohl David Bruce Wohl (born November 2, 1949) is an American former basketball player and coach, and the former general manager of the Los Angeles Clippers. A 6'2" guard who grew up in East Brunswick, New Jersey and played collegiately at the Univers ...

serving as head coach and general manager. Faced with financial difficulties from the beginning, the league revoked Kraus' ownership on December 1, 1979, and took over the team. Unable to finance the team, the WBL announced the shutdown of the team on December 21st, 1979.

Season-by-season record

''Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, W–L% = Winning percentage''

Head coaches

1979

References

External links

Philadelphia Fox
on FunWhileItLasted.net {{Women's Professional Basketball League Basketball teams in Philadelphia Women's Professional Basketball League teams Basketball teams established in 1979