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Wharton Field House in Moline, Illinois. The origins of the Atlanta Hawks can be traced back to the Buffalo Bisons franchise, which was founded in 1946. The Bisons were a member of the National Basketball League, and played their games at the Buffalo Memorial Auditorium.
In 2019, Atlanta also briefly hosted an Alliance of American Football team, the Atlanta Legends, but the league was suspended during its first season and the team folded. The Atlanta Hawks were founded in 1946 as the Tri-Cities Blackhawks, playing in Moline, Illinois.
Wharton Field House is a historic arena located at 1800 20th Avenue in Moline, Illinois. It opened in 1928 and was home to the NBA's Tri-Cities Blackhawks, today's Atlanta Hawks, from 1946 to 1951. It has hosted professional teams, high school teams, concerts, and other events in its history.
Before the Braves moved to Atlanta, the Atlanta Crackers were Atlanta's professional baseball team from 1901 until their last season in 1965. They won 17 league championships in the minor leagues. The Atlanta Black Crackers (I) and Atlanta Black Crackers (II) were Atlanta's Negro league teams from 1919 until 1949.
On May 3, 1968, Kerner sold the St. Louis Hawks to Tom Cousins and former Georgia governor Carl Sanders for $3.5 million. The new owners moved the team to Atlanta, Georgia (a city that had seen the arrival of football and baseball in the span of three years) at the conclusion of the 1967–68 season, where they remain today, as the Atlanta Hawks.
In 1955 the Hawks moved to St. Louis, Missouri and became the St. Louis Hawks. And in 1965 moved to Atlanta, Georgia which became the Atlanta Hawks. The following is a list of players, both past and current, who appeared at least in one game for the Atlanta Hawks franchise.
With investors on board, they opened two 60,000-square-foot stores in Atlanta in 1979. Just a couple years after that, Home Depot went public, and became the nation's largest home improvement ...
The Falcons had their first Monday Night Football game in Atlanta during the 1970 season, a 20–7 loss to the Miami Dolphins. The team went 4–8–2 in 1970. [29] The only two winning seasons in their first 12 years were 1971 (7–6–1) and 1973 (9–5). The Falcons' defense taking on Denver Broncos quarterback John Elway during a 1985 game.