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Oshkosh All-Stars From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Oshkosh All-Stars Leagues NBL Founded 1929 Dissolved 1949 History Oshkosh All-Stars (1937-1949) Location Oshkosh, Wisconsin Championships 2 National Basketball League Championships (1941,1942) 1 World Professional Basketball Tournament The Oshkosh All-Stars were a professional basketball team based in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. They were founded in 1929 by Lonnie Darling and joined the National Basketball League, a forerunner to the NBA, playing from 1937 until 1949.

Contents [hide] 1 History 1.1 Joining the National Basketball League 1.2 National Basketball League 1.3 Concluding the All-Stars 2 12 Season Record 3 Images 4 References 5 External links History[edit source | edit] The team started off as a barnstorming team playing loosely-structured games against other Wisconsin-based teams. They did not belong to any particular league. Oshkosh was a small community extremely supportive of their hometown team.

Joining the National Basketball League[edit source | edit] Wisconsin teams were not new to intra-racial and inter-racial basketball teams, however the all-white Oshkosh All-Stars played the all-black New York Renaissance Big Five for the first time in 1936. At this time, one may think the appearance of an all-black basketball team would be a concern, but the "Rens" were considered the champions of basketball, and Wisconsin held some of the country's most passionate basketball fans.

The All-Stars faced the Rens in a two game series that February 1936. The series drew such a large crowd that team manager Lonnie Darling decided to play the Rens again in 1937 during a 5-game series. The games were held in Oshkosh, Racine, Green Bay, Ripon, and Madison, Wisconsin. At this time, Darling declared that the winner of the series would be considered the world's champions of basketball.

The All-Stars lost the 5-game series, three games to two, but Robert Douglas, the Ren's owner, agreed to playing an additional 2-game series that would extend the "World series" to seven games. If the All-Stars won these two games, they would be the world's basketball champions, winning four games to three. The All-Stars defeated the Rens in both games. With this win, the following season the NBL added Oshkosh as a founding member. Wisconsin was put on a pro basketball map. [1]

National Basketball League[edit source | edit] The team was a part of the NBL for 12 years starting in 1937 and ending in 1949. During this time, the All-Stars made it to the playoffs 11 of the 12 years, appeared in the NBL championship five consecutive years (1938 to 1942), and won the NBL Championship twice in 1941 and 1942.[2] The All-Stars also went on to win the 1942 World Professional Basketball Tournament over the Detroit Eagles in Chicago.[3] After a few unsuccessful seasons, by the late 1940s, the All-Stars were generally a winning team, and Oshkosh was widely known as a "basketball city".[4]

Robert McDermott holds the record for career number of points at 3583 points, followed by Leroy Edwards with 3221 career points, and Gene Englund with 2600 points.

McDermott was awarded Most Valuable Player four consecutive seasons (1942-1945) and Edwards was awarded MVP for three consecutive seasons (1937-1939)

Concluding the All-Stars[edit source | edit] In 1949, the National Basketball League merged with the Basketball Association of America (BAA), forming the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Oshkosh franchise was awarded to Milwaukee, but the team was revoked by the league a month later. The NBA was based around markets much larger than Oshkosh could provide.

12 Season Record[edit source | edit] Season W L W/L% Finish Playoffs 1948-49* 37 27 .587 1 Lost NBL Championship 1947-48* 29 31 .483 3 Lost Western Division Opening Round 1946-47* 28 16 .636 1 Lost Eastern Division Semifinals 1944-46* 19 15 .559 2 Lost Western Division Semifinals 1944-45 12 18 .400 3 1943-44* 7 15 .318 3 Lost NBL Semifinals 1942-43* 11 12 .478 3 Lost NBL Semifinals 1941-42* 20 4 .833 1 Won NBL Championship 1940-41* 18 6 .750 1 Won NBL Championship 1939-40* 15 13 .536 1 Lost NBL Championship 1938-39* 17 11 .607 1 Lost NBL Championship 1937-38* 12 2 .857 1 Lost NBL Champtionship Asterisk (*) indicates a playoff appearance[5]

Images[edit source | edit]

First season: 1929-1930 Oshkosh All-Stars

Final season: 1948-1949 Oshkosh All-Stars References[edit source | edit] Jump up ^ "Early Racial Inclusion Puts Wisconsin On Pro Basketball Map | The Black Fives Foundation". www.blackfives.org. Retrieved 2016-03-17. Jump up ^ Jan Hubbard, et al. The Official NBA Encyclopedia. New York: Doubleday, 2000. pgs. 44-45. Jump up ^ Wilfrid Smith. "Oshkosh beats Detroit, 43-41, for pro title". Chicago Daily Tribune. March 12, 1942. 21. Jump up ^ "1929-30 Oshkosh All-Stars". oshkosh.pastperfect-online.com. Retrieved 2016-03-17. Jump up ^ "Oshkosh All-Stars | Basketball-Reference.com". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2016-03-17. External links[edit source | edit] Oshkosh All-stars Complete History at NBAhoopsonline Oshkosh All-Stars seasons at basketball-reference.com