On this day in 1967, the first game of the American Basketball Association was played between the An
On this day in 1967, the first game of the American Basketball Association was played between the Anaheim Amigos and the Oakland Oaks. The association was only made up of eleven teams and eventually merged with the National Basketball Association in 1976. Basketball was born in the United States in 1891, created in Springfield, Massachusetts, by the Canadian-born Dr. James Naismith, and continues to be one of the country’s favorite athletic pursuits. (images from Dick Friendlich’s Panorama of Sports in America (1970)) -- source link
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