The New Haven Elms were a hard-luck entry in the Eastern Professional Basketball League during the late 1960’s. Before the debut of the American Basketball Association in 1967, the Eastern League was considered the second best league in the country. Notable Elms players included former St. Louis Hawks teammates Cleo Hill and Woody Sauldsberry, both early black stars who struggled against NBA efforts to obstruct their careers.
The New Haven Ramblers were an American Hockey League farm club of the New York Rangers for four seasons in the late 1940’s. The Ramblers replaced the AHL’s 20-year old New Haven Eagles team at the New Haven Arena in 1946. After the Rangers withdrew their support at the end of the 1949-50 season, the owners of the New Haven Arena took over the club and restored the historic “Eagles” name. But the franchise faltered without NHL patronage and shut down in December 1950 midway through the AHL season.
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