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It was the year that the war had ended, and most of the former players returned, including Freiberger and Martin. Those two teamed up with Bob Kurland and the 66ers rolled to their fourth straight AAU championship in 1946–1947 season. The 66ers achieved a stunning 62–3 record in 1947–48 and won their AAU 5th title in a row.
Later, professional players like David Robinson, Larry Brown, and Gregg Popovich were crowned champions of the AAU. Popovich and Robinson represented the U.S. Armed Forces All-Stars. Between 1920 and 1950, some of the strongest basketball teams in the United States were sponsored by corporations, including Phillips 66, 20th Century Fox, Safeway ...
Joe Cephis Fortenberry (April 1, 1911 – June 3, 1993) was an American basketball player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was a captain of the American basketball team, which won the gold medal [1] in the first Olympics to include basketball. After college, Fortenberry played for the Ogden Boosters in Utah, and then with the ...
1 Olympic Trial Playoffs. The Caterpillar Diesels (also later known as the Peoria Cats or Caterpillars) was an amateur basketball team located in Peoria, Illinois and sponsored and run by the Caterpillar Inc. company. The Caterpillars were one of the most successful teams of the Amateur Athletic Union League in the 1950s and they became world ...
Babe Didrikson Zaharias. Mildred Ella " Babe " Didrikson Zaharias (/ zəˈhɑːriəs /; née Didrikson; June 26, 1911 – September 27, 1956) was an American athlete who excelled in golf, basketball, baseball, and track and field. She won two gold medals and a silver in track and field at the 1932 Summer Olympics before turning to professional ...
By 1926, he was the main feature of the World Famous Indians of LaRue, Ohio, a traveling basketball team. [96] The team barnstormed for at least two years (1927–28) in multiple states. [95] Although stories about Thorpe's team were published in some local newspapers at the time, his basketball career is not well-documented. [97]
Wayman Tisdale. Wayman Lawrence Tisdale (June 9, 1964 – May 15, 2009) [1] was an American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and a smooth jazz bass guitarist. A three-time All American at the University of Oklahoma, [2] he was elected to the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame in 2009.
Sheryl Denise Swoopes (born March 25, 1971) [1] is an American former professional basketball player. She was the first player to be signed in the WNBA, [2] is a three-time WNBA MVP, and was named one of the league's Top 15 Players of All Time at the 2011 WNBA All-Star Game.