Springfield Fame

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Springfield Fame
League United States Basketball League
Founded1985
Dissolved1986
Arena Springfield Civic Center
Location Springfield, Massachusetts
Championships1 1985 (no playoffs)

The Springfield Fame were a men's spring-professional basketball team in the United States Basketball League from Springfield, Massachusetts, the hometown of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, which gave the inspiration of the team name. [1]

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History

The Springfield Fame were founded in 1985. In their inaugural season, they finished with a record of 19-6 and were the first USBL Champions. The league did not add a playoff system until the 1987 season. In their second season, the Fame made national headlines by signing 27-year-old women's basketball legend Nancy Lieberman. Lieberman thus became the first female basketball player to play regular season minutes in a men's pro league. They would finish second with a 23–10 record and 0.5 game behind the Tampa Bay Flash. The Fame would fold following the 1986 season.

Season-by-season records

YearGPWLWin %GBHead coach
198525196.760..Gerald Oliver
1986332310.6970.5 Henry Bibby
Totals584216.724––

[2]

Honours

USBL Player of the Year

SeasonPlayer
1985 Tracy Jackson

USBL Coach of the Year

SeasonCoachWL
1985Gerald Oliver196
1986Henry Bibby2310

All-USBL Teams

First Team

SeasonPlayerPosition
1985Tracy Jackson
1986Billy Goodwin

Second Team

SeasonPlayerPosition
1985Larry Lawrence
Michael Adams Point Guard
1986
Jerome Henderson Center/Power Forward

USBL All-Rookie Team

SeasonPlayerPosition
1985Andre Goode
Michael Adams
1986 Dominic Pressley

USBL All-Defensive Team

References

  1. ↑ "1985-1986 Springfield Fame". 26 June 2015.
  2. ↑ "History of the United States Basketball League".
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