The National Alliance of Basketball Leagues (NABL) (founded 1961) is the descendant of the industrial-based basketball clubs that formed into the National Basketball League (NBL) in the early 1930s.
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42-565: A 16-game schedule, the new lineup was league champion Bartlesville Phillips 66ers (15-1 record), Denver Chevvies , Peoria Caterpillars, Akron Goodyears/Akron Goodyear Wingfoots , and Milwaukee Allen-Bradleys. In the 1949–50 season, with the addition of the Dayton Industrialists making the league a six-team circuit, the Phillips 66ers repeated as champions. The league expanded again in the 1950–51 season to eight teams, adding
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84-537: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages National Alliance of Basketball Leagues The league was the brainchild of Indianapolis grocer Irv Kautsky , who sponsored the Indianapolis Kautskys club team, and Goodyear Tire Company , who originally sponsored the Akron Wingfoots . After a false start in the early 1930s, the league
105-547: The AAU National tournament against teams from other amateur or semi-professional leagues. The league's first year, 1947–48, featured five teams in an eight-game schedule—the Milwaukee Harnischfeger's (which won the round robin schedule with an 8–0 record), Peoria Caterpillars , Milwaukee Allen-Bradleys, Akron Goodyear Wingfoots , and Fort Wayne General Electrics. The following season (1948-1949), with
126-643: The Los Angeles Lakers ), and Tri-Cities BlackHawks (now the Atlanta Hawks ), all of whom are currently playing in the NBA , had joined. After World War II, the fledgling Basketball Association of America was established by arena owners in large cities to try to capture the popularity of the NBL teams from the smaller communities. This attempt failed miserably as 13 of the 16 BAA teams folded. Undaunted,
147-642: The ( Oakland Blue 'n Gold Atlas ) and San Francisco Stewart Chevrolets. The Dayton team renamed as the Dayton Air Gems, and the Phillips 66ers repeated for their third consecutive title. The league expanded to 11 teams, in 1951-52 with such new teams as the Los Angeles Fibber McGee & Mollys, Artesia REA Travelers, and Santa Maria Golden Dukes. The 66ers just edged the Oakland Atlas-Pacific Engineers and
168-567: The 1953-54 title, each with a 10–4 record. The next two seasons, the 66ers and the Cats took first and second respectively. A new team in the greatly reduced circuit of five teams in 1955-56 was the Wichita Vickers . The 1956–57 season was one of the most competitive in the NIBL history. While the 66ers again took first with a 13–7 record, four teams tied for second with 11-9 records, including
189-678: The 1960s the league recognized the changing sponsorship of the teams away from the large industrial companies and renamed it the National AAU Basketball League (NABL). 1948: Milwaukee Harnischfegers 1949: Phillips 66ers 1950: Phillips 66ers 1951: Phillips 66ers 1952: Phillips 66ers 1953: Phillips 66ers 1954: Phillips 66ers and Peoria Caterpillars 1955: Phillips 66ers 1956: Phillips 66ers 1957: Phillips 66ers 1958: Phillips 66ers and Wichita Vickers 1959: Denver-Chicago Truckers 1960: Phillips 66ers 1961: Cleveland Pipers During
210-667: The 1990s when many of the legendary teams had been restarted under a new wave of sponsors. Today, the NABL teams are focused on preparing post-college players for the opportunity to play pro basketball overseas. In 1966, the NABL organized the National Amateur Athletic Union Basketball League, with the league's champions playing at FIBA 's Intercontinental Cup , as the North American Champions. The Akron Wingfoots won
231-548: The NBA, and the NIBL began to decline in popularity and profitability. This is evidenced by the disbandment of the Peoria Cats at the end of the 1959–60 season. In the NIBL's final season, 1960–61, the league had dropped down to only six members divided into two divisions, Eastern ( Cleveland Pipers , Akron Goodyears, New York Tuck Tapers ) and Western (Denver-Chicago Truckers, Phillips 66ers, and Seattle Buchan Bakers). Instead of
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#1732779805018252-688: The San Francisco Stewart Chevrolets for their fourth title, with a 17–5 record to their opponents 16-6 records that tied for second. The next season (1952-1953), the league dropped down to nine teams, but saw new opponents in the Houston Ada Oilers and the Los Angeles Kirby's Shoes. The 66ers beat the Caterpillars for the title by one game, with a 13–3 record. The Peoria Cats tied the 66ers for
273-655: The early 1960s, the Pipers and the Tapers left to join the Hawaii Chiefs, Kansas City Steers, Los Angeles Jets and other teams to form the American Basketball League ; when this venture folded, some of these teams returned to the NABL. By the end of the 1970s, the NABL teams elected to adapt touring schedules rather than league schedules and the NABL format was mothballed until it was brought back in
294-607: The first time since their coming to the league, finishing in third place. The Truckers finished first with a 21–9 record, with the Vickers runner-up at 19–11. Joining the league that season was the Seattle Buchan Bakers . However, in the 1959–60 season, the 66ers regained their title as league champions. By the early 1960s, NIBL teams were increasingly struggling to compete with the salaries offered in professional league. Top college graduates increasingly gravitated to
315-552: The newly added Denver-Chicago Truckers. This proved to be the last season for the Milwaukee Allen-Bradleys, who finished last for the seventh time with a 3–17 record. The 1957–58 season saw the Vickers move to the forefront, tying the 66ers for the league title with a 21–9 record. A new team that year was the Kansas City Kaycee's. In the 1958–59 season, the 66ers failed to take the league title for
336-427: The newly formed American Basketball League in 1961. In the 1950s the salaries were about the same as the NBA and there was a job for all players in their companies. Some of them ended up being president of their companies, working there for a lifetime. Most of players wanted no part of the uncertain professional game, and instead were accepting a position with the companies, rejecting offers even from NBA. The NIBL
357-821: The remaining BAA teams, the Philadelphia Warriors , Boston Celtics , and New York Knicks convinced the top NBL teams to join with them and they formed the NBA. Thus, the early NBA was composed mostly of teams brought over from the NBL and three BAA teams. The remaining NBL teams reformed and changed the name to the National Industrial Basketball League (NIBL) where teams such as the Denver Truckers , Chicago Jamaco Saints , Akron Wingfoots , Phillips 66ers , Peoria Cats , Philadelphia Tapers , Lexington Marathon Oilers and Cleveland Pipers thrived as club teams. In
378-593: The round-robin schedule determining a winner, the league sponsored a four-team playoff. The Pipers beat the Truckers for the championship, 136–100. The 66ers beat the Goodyears for in a match for third place, 114–112. In 1961, the league dropped their industrial sponsors and merged with other amateur leagues to form the National Alliance of Basketball Leagues (NABL). The Pipers and the Tapers left to join
399-525: The title on the three occasions that they represented the country at the FIBA Intercontinental Cup. 1967: Akron Wingfoots 1968: Akron Wingfoots 1969: Akron Wingfoots 1970: 1971: Lexington Marathon Oil 1972: Dayton Sanders Stone 1973: Dayton Utopians The following leagues were members of the NABL in the 90s and noughties. National Industrial Basketball League The National Industrial Basketball League
420-660: Was founded in 1947 to enable U.S. mill workers a chance to compete in basketball. The league was founded by the industrial teams (teams sponsored by the large companies and made up of their employees) belonging to the National Basketball League (NBL) that did not join the National Basketball Association when the NBL merged with the Basketball Association of America . The NIBL teams participated every year in
441-770: Was restarted in 1938 , with the Wingfoots winning the initial NBL title. By World War II , both the Wingfoots and the Firestone Tire Company 's Non-Skids had suspended play, but other seminal pro teams such as the Ft. Wayne Zollner Pistons (now the Detroit Pistons ), Syracuse Nationals (now the Philadelphia 76ers ), Rochester Royals (now the Sacramento Kings ), Minneapolis Lakers (now
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