Global Basketball Association (1991-1992) Born: 1991 – GBA founding franchise Folded: November 1992 First Game: Last Game: GBA Championships: None Louisville Gardens Opened: 1905 Team
American Basketball Association (1975) Born: July 28, 1975 – Re-branded from San Diego Conquistadors Folded: November 11, 1975 First Game: October 24, 1975 (L 120-108 vs. Denver
Southern Hockey League (1974-1977) American Hockey League (1977-1978) Born: October 1974: The Fayetteville Arsenal relocates to Hampton, VA Folded: January 31, 1977 Re-Born: 1977 Folded
The Philadelphia Bell were one of twelve original franchises in the World Football League in 1974. The Bell made several efforts to poach high profile stars and draft picks from the National Football League during their brief lifespan. But the team was best known for “Papergate”, an attendance reporting and accounting scandal that helped to demolish the fledgling WFL’s credibility barely than a month into its debut season.
The Raleigh Cougars low-level minor league basketball outfit founded by former N.C. State star and Harlem Globetrotter Clyde “The Glide” Austin. The team’s name recalled the old Carolina Cougars club that played in the American Basketball Association in the early 1970’s. The Cougars’ biggest name was Lorenzo Charles, who famously slammed home a buzzer-beating dunk to lift N.C. State to the 1983 NCAA championship.
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