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1978-79 Minnesota Fillies Program from the Women's Basketball League

Minnesota Fillies

April 6, 2014

The Minnesota Fillies were one of eight founding franchises in the Women’s Professional Basketball League in 1978, which was the first pro hoops league for women in the United States.  Minnesota was one of only three clubs, along with the Chicago Hustle and New Jersey Gems, that managed to survive for all three seasons of the WPBL’s existence from 1978 to 1981. The Fillies played their first two seasons at the Met Center before moving to Minneapolis Auditorium for their final campaign.

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Minnesota Monarchs Major League Volleyball

Minnesota Monarchs

September 5, 2013

The Minnesota Monarchs were the most popular team in Major League Volleyball, a largely forgotten attempt to start an all-women’s pro volleyball circuit in the United States in the late 1980’s. The previous attempt at a top-flight volleyball league – the International Volleyball Association of the 1970’s – was co-ed. From 1987 through 1989 Major League Volleyball was the only professional sports league for women in the U.S.

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