Category: All-American Basketball Alliance

Larry Cannon Georgia Titans Basketball

Georgia Titans

All-American Basketball Alliance (1978) Born: 1977 – AABA founding franchise Folded: February 1978 First Game: January 13, 1978 (L 127-119 @ Kentucky Stallions) Last Game: January 30,

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Kentucky Stallions

The Kentucky Stallions were a Louisville-based franchise in the short-lived All-American Basketball Alliance. The AABA had eight franchises in the Eastern and Midwestern U.S., but it quickly became apparent that the league’s investors didn’t have any money. The league launched on January 6, 1978 with a four-team doubleheader hosted by the Stallions in Louisville.  Within 30 days of its debut, the entire league was out of business.

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West Virginia Wheels

The West Virginia Wheels are a forgotten minor league entry in the All-American Basketball Alliance, a penniless organization that last only four weeks in the winter of 1978.  The Wheeling-based Wheels were one of eight founding AABA clubs, stretching from Rochester, New York in the north to Georgia in the south and west to Indianapolis.

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New York Guard All-American Basketball Alliance

New York Guard

All-American Basketball Alliance (1978) Born: 1977 – AABA founding franchise Folded: February 1978 AABA Championships: None Westchester County Center Team Colors: Owner: ?   Background This very obscure

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1978-79 Rochester Zeniths Yearbook from the Continental Basketball Association

Rochester Zeniths Basketball & Softball

Dick Hill owned Western New York’s top television dealership in the 1970’s, selling and servicing the dominant brands of the day – Zenith and RCA.  In 1977, Hill dove into the world of professional sports, acquiring a minor league basketball franchise in the new All-American Basketball Alliance.  A few months later, Hill also purchased a expansion franchise in the American Professional Slo-Pitch League, a men’s pro league entering its second season in the summer of 1978. He named both of the basketball and softball clubs after the brand that fueled his dealership’s success – the Rochester Zeniths. Read more…

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