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The 1967–68 Pittsburgh Pipers season was the 1st season of the ABA. The Pipers finished first in the Eastern Division and won their first and only ABA title. [1] In the Eastern Division semifinals, the Pipers swept the Indiana Pacers in three games. In the Eastern Division Finals, the Pipers eliminated the Minnesota Muskies, in five games.
The 1968–69 Indiana Pacers season was Indiana's second season in the ABA and second as a team. 1968 ABA Draft. Player School/Club Team ... Score: Record: Attendance ...
The American Basketball Association (ABA) was a men's professional basketball major league from 1967 to 1976. The ABA merged into the National Basketball Association (NBA) in 1976, resulting in four ABA teams joining the NBA and the introduction of the NBA 3-point shot in 1979.
Ralph Simpson was the fifth pick in the 1971 ABA Draft by the Denver Rockets. Artis Gilmore was the ninth pick in the 1971 ABA Draft by the Kentucky Colonels. Roger Brown (dunking the ball) was the 21st pick in the 1971 ABA Draft by the Texas Chaparrals (who later returned to Dallas after the draft) via trading with the Utah Stars.
The 1968 Major League Baseball draft took place prior to the 1968 MLB season. ... Team Position 25 Bill Buckner: Los Angeles Dodgers: First Baseman 33 Milt Wilcox:
June 7 – In the 1968 Major League Baseball draft, the Los Angeles Dodgers select Steve Garvey, Ron Cey, Bill Buckner, Bobby Valentine, Joe Ferguson and Doyle Alexander. All, save Valentine (whose brilliant future is torpedoed by a broken leg in 1973), become stars; Garvey, Cey and Ferguson anchor Los Angeles' four-time NL pennant winners ...
1 ABA Draft. 2 Roster. ... The 1967–68 Indiana Pacers season was Indiana's first season in the ABA and its first as a team. ABA Draft ... Score: Record: Attendance: 1:
On December 2, 1967, Gerry Snyder presented a bid for a Montreal franchise to Major League Baseball's team owners at their winter meetings in Mexico City.One potential wild card in Montreal's favor was that the chair of the National League's expansion committee was influential Los Angeles Dodgers president Walter O'Malley, under whom the minor league Montreal Royals had become affiliated with ...