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The Detroit Falcons were a Basketball Association of America (forerunner of the National Basketball Association) team based in Detroit. It played in the inaugural 1946–47 season and folded soon after the season ended. [ 1 ]
When the BAA was founded, there were two established professional leagues in the United States: the American Basketball League (ABL) in the East, founded 1925, and the National Basketball League (NBL) in Midwestern industrial cities, founded 1937. However, most of the ABL and NBL teams played in small arenas, and in some cases even ballrooms or ...
Continental Basketball Association (CBA), 1946–2009; [1] originally named Eastern Pennsylvania Basketball League, then Eastern Professional Basketball League. Professional Basketball League of America (PBLA), 1947–1948
The following is a timeline of the organizational changes in the National Basketball Association (NBA), including contractions, expansions, relocations, and divisional realignment. The league was formed as the Basketball Association of America (BAA) in 1946 and took its current name in 1949, when it merged with the National Basketball League (NBL
Detroit Falcons can refer to: Detroit Falcons (NHL), former name (used from 1930 to 1932) for the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League; Detroit Falcons (basketball), defunct team in the Basketball Association of America (1946–1947) Detroit Falcons (CoHL), defunct team in the Colonial Hockey League (1991–1996)
American Basketball League (ABL) is a name that has been used by four defunct basketball leagues in the US: American Basketball League (1925–1955), the first major professional basketball league; American Basketball League (1961–1962), a league that only played a single full season; American Basketball League (1996–1998), a women's ...
The American Basketball Association (ABA) is an American semi-professional men's basketball minor league that was founded in 1999. ABA teams are based in the United States, with one traveling team from Japan. The league previously had international teams based in Canada, China and Mexico.
Thomas Van Dyke King (March 9, 1924 – November 12, 2015) was an American professional basketball player. He played a season for the Detroit Falcons of the Basketball Association of America (BAA), the league that would later become the modern NBA. After a college career at the University of Michigan, King signed with the Falcons in 1946. King ...