The California Dreams were a Long Beach-based entry in the Women’s Basketball League during the winter of 1979-80. Team officials infamously enrolled Dreams players at the John Robert Powers Charm School early in the season. That money would have been better spent on the players themselves. Paychecks stopped clearing after a couple of months and the Dreams died in February 1980 without managing to complete their season schedule.
The Nebraska Wranglers were a one-year wonder in the Women’s Professional Basketball League, the first effort to establish a nationwide women’s pro hoops league. The Wranglers joined the WPBL just in time to participate in its third and final season in the winter of 1980-81. The expansion club would go on to win the league championship in April 1981. But an off-the-court tragedy – the midseason murder of Wrangler Connie Kunzmann – overshadowed the team’s triumph.
The Philadelphia Fox were an exceptionally short-lived entry in the Women’s Professional Basketball League in the fall of 1979. In truth, the Fox never should have been allowed to take the court at all. The apparently owner-less expansion team last a mere 10 games before the league pulled the plug shortly before Christmas. The Fox made their handful of home appearances before tiny crowds at the old Philadelphia Civic Center.
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