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	Akron Goodyear Wingfoots
		The Akron Goodyear Wingfoots was a professional basketball team in Akron, Ohio.
		During the 1937-1938 and the 1938-1939 seasons, the Akron Goodyear Wingfoots finished second in the National Basketball League’s Eastern Division.
		During the 1941-1942 season, the Akron Goodyear Wingfoots experienced a turnaround, finishing third in the National Basketball League.
	www.ohiohistorycentral.org /entry.php?rec=2229 (241 words)

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		NBL CHAMPIONSHIP Akron Firestone 50, Oshkosh 38 Oshkosh 38, Akron Firestone 36 Akron Firestone 40, Oshkosh 29 Oshkosh 49, Akron Firestone 37 Akron Firestone 37, Oshkosh 30
		NBL CHAMPIONSHIP Oshkosh 47, Akron Firestone 37 Oshkosh 60, Akron Firestone 46 Akron Firestone 35, Oshkosh 32 Akron Firestone 41, Oshkosh 40 Akron Firestone 61, Oshkosh 60
		NBL SEMIFINALS Oshkosh 30, Akron Firestone 28 Oshkosh 47, Akron Firestone 41 [OT]
	hometown.aol.com /bradleyrd/nblhist.html (2922 words)

	Akron Wingfoots
		Akron Wingfoots are one of the oldest and most famous men's basketball teams in the United States in the 20th Century.
		In the late 1930's, Goodyear, Firestone, General Electric, and other companies with similar AAU Elite teams decided to form the National Basketball League to showcase their teams as the premier teams in the USA.
		Always a stepping stone for new league such as the NBA, the ABL, and the ABA, the Wingfoots stopped playing a national schedule in the 1970's and after the NABL was dropped in favor of touring teams, Goodyear Tire stopped sponsoring the team.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ak/Akron_Wingfoots.html (432 words)

	National Basketball League (United States) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Also still surviving are the Akron Goodyear Wingfoots, the initial NBL Champion in 1938.
		The Wingfoots suspended operations for WWII and were not included in the NBL/BAA merger.
		The Wingfoots are still an AAU Elite team in the NABL.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/National_Basketball_League_(United_States) (262 words)

	February 2000
		Goodyear, after extensive research, developed their first pneumatic (air filled) tire.
		The crew that followed the Wingfoot on its historic trip - comprised of several engineers, a garage manager, a publicist, a photographer and a test-car driver - were forced to help dig the truck out of the mess.
		Once they were back in Akron, the Wingfoot engineers went back to work on the pneumatic tires.
	www.landlinemag.com /Archives/2000/february/wingfoot_express.html (575 words)

	Akron Aeros Definition / Akron Aeros Research
		The Akron Aeros are a minor league baseball Part of the History of baseball series.
		Akron Aeros is the Eastern League/JPMorgan Chase Manager of the Year for 2002.
		Akron Aeros is the Eastern League's Player of the Week for the week ending August 6th.
	www.elresearch.com /Akron_Aeros (407 words)

	Goodyear Goes From Rubber to Roundball
		This season, Goodyear is honoring one of its own by introducing a "throwback" basketball jersey - the white Goodyear Wingfoots game jersey featuring the number "44" worn by Larry Brown during the 1964 AAU Championship season.
		Goodyear's basketball history In the late 1930s, companies such as The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company formed the National Basketball League (NBL) to showcase their elite teams.
		Goodyear suspended operation of its Wingfoots team during World War II and was not included in the NBA plan.
	www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/11-02-2005/0004206990&EDATE= (694 words)

	Goodyear Goes From Rubber to Roundball
		In 1964, Akron's Goodyear Wingfoots - a basketball team of Goodyear associates playing in the National Amateur Athletic Union Basketball League - won the AAU National Championship.
		Goodyear won the first NBL championship in 1938.
		Goodyear suspended operation of its Wingfoots team during World War II and was not included in the NBA plan.
	www.theautochannel.com /news/2005/11/02/147354.html (793 words)

	The Goodyear Blimp \|\| Your Story
		Teaching at Goodyear Middle School I have grown fond of the Blimp.
		Even though we may no longer be the Goodyear Wingfoots, I hope that my students never forget how high they can soar if they only dare to achieve.
		When the Dirigibles Akron and Macon were making their trial runs we could go outside our house and watch these large beautiful dirigibles glide over our house on their way back to their Akron hangers.
	www.goodyearblimp.com /blimp_memory.html (1102 words)

	National Basketball League 1937-38 to 1948-49
		HW HL RW RL GB Akron Firestone Non-Skids* 14 4.778 8 1 5 3..
		HW HL RW RL GB Akron Firestone Non-Skids 24 3.889 11 2 13 1..
		Akron Goodyear Wingfoots 14 14.500 7 7 7 7 10.5 Warren Penns/Cleveland White Horses 14 14.500 9 5 4 9 10.5 Pittsburgh Pirates 13 14.481 9 5 4 9 11 Warren moved to Cleveland 10Feb39 *Warren/Cleveland includes one forfeit win Western Division W L Pct.
	hometown.aol.com /apbrhoops/nblstand.html (638 words)

	Akron Firestone Non-Skids
		The Akron Firestone Non-Skids was a professional basketball team in Akron, Ohio.
		The Akron Firestone Non-Skids was named for the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, which was headquartered in Akron.
		Following the season, the Akron Firestone Non-Skids disbanded, leaving Akron with only one team, the Akron Goodyear Wingfoots, to represent the city in the National Basketball League.
	www.ohiohistorycentral.org /entry.php?rec=2228 (251 words)

	Modern Tire Dealer
		In 1964, Brown was a member of Akron's Goodyear Wingfoots, a basketball team of Goodyear associates that played in the National Amateur Athletic Union Basketball League.
		Goodyear's "throwback" Wingfoots game jersey has a white body with Goodyear-blue-and-gold trim and lettering in the style of the 1964 team.
		The shirt also has an approved AAU logo on the left shoulder strap, a wingfoot logo on the back collar, and the name "Brown" over the number on the back.
	www.moderntiredealer.com /t_print.cfm?action=news_det&storyID=5374 (353 words)

	Goodyear Middle School is part of the East High Cluster
		Coming Together Akron is looking for middle school students who will enter the seventh grade next school year.
		Goodyear Middle School sent four contestants to the 2005 Akron District Spelling Bee.
		The program, in its 32nd year as a partner with the Akron Public Schools, is focused on acquainting students with career opportunities and emphasizes the importance of remaining in school and graduating.
	www.eastcluster.info /goodyear.html (708 words)

	1983 Inductees
		He was instrumental in keeping the Akron AA League alive and molding it into a hotbed of competitive play.
		Sams first came to Akron in 1939 when the New York Yankees assigned him to their Class C Akron Yankees team in the Mid-Atlantic League.
		In 1945, at the age of 42, Frank was an important cog in the Akron Orphans drive to the NABF National Championship.
	www.acorn.net /gabhof/inductees/1983.html (2220 words)

	NBA.com: Welcome Back, Fort Wayne
		Founded in 1941, the Zollner Pistons competed in the National Basketball League (NBL), which began as the Midwest Basketball Conference in 1935 and changed its name in 1937 with hopes of attracting a larger fan base.
		It was a league that was ahead of its time when it came to the marriage of professional sports and corporate commercialization, boasting such team names as the Akron Firestone Non-Skids, the Akron Goodyear Wingfoots and the Toledo Jim White Chevrolets.
		Thanks to Zollner, the Pistons traveled in style, crisscrossing the Midwest in their own team plane, a DC-3.
	www.nba.com /features/hareas_070410.html (962 words)

	1984 Inductees
		He later played with the Goodyear Wingfoots, but his claim to fame in this situation is as an umpire.
		He came to Akron from Parkersburg, West Virginia in 1931, and quickly became a fixture in the A League with the North Akron Merchants before moving to the St. Martha team that captured the League crown.
		He was with the Akron Guards in '30, returned to Tri-County champ Sacred Heart in '31, then played for St. Martha, the NEO Champs in '32.
	www.acorn.net /gabhof/inductees/1984.html (2070 words)

	USI Screaming Eagles
		New to the exhibition schedule for USI is the legendary Akron Wingfoots.
		Currently, the Wingfoots are sponsored by Reach Entertainment, the owners of several reacord labels as well as the nation’s largest non-network sports library.
		The purpose of the current Wingfoots is to attract players from smaller schools who wish to continue their career.
	www.usi.edu /sports/sports_press.asp?num=1275 (246 words)

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		An Akron native, Cockerham led the team in tackles in 1974, '75 and '77.
		He was a standout at South High School in Akron, but did not play college ball, opting for the Navy instead.
		He was captain of the 1937 squad, which won the championship of the Industrial Basketball League, the forerunner of the National Basketball Association.
	www.summitcountysportshalloffame.com /Inductees/1986.htm (1158 words)

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		After graduating, Rivlin turned professional and played in the National Basketball League with the Akron Goodyear Wingfoots in 1940-41.
		That year, he appeared in 21 games and scored 51 points as Akron finished the season with a record of 11-13 and in sixth place.
		He then played in the NBL with the Akron Goodyear Wingfoots, 1940-41, and the Toledo Jeeps, 1946-1948.
	www.jewsinsports.org /profile.asp?sport=basketball&ID=184 (589 words)

	The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. :: Goodyear Goes From Rubber to Roundball
		The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. :: Goodyear Goes From Rubber to Roundball
		AKRON, Ohio, Nov. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., the world's largest tire company, has introduced its newest product.
		In the late 1930s, companies such as The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company formed the National Basketball League (NBL) to showcase their elite teams.
	sev.prnewswire.com /auto/20051102/CLW07102112005-1.html (762 words)

	Nostalgic team jersey to give charity a hand Akron Beacon Journal - Find Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Four decades after he led the Goodyear Wingfoots -- an Akron industrial basketball league team -- to a national AAU championship, a throwback jersey has been created in Brown's honor.
		Brown's old No. 44 white Goodyear jersey with blue and gold trim will go on sale at three area locations in coming weeks.
		Brown is said to be thrilled with the charitable project that Ed Markey and Mark Heffernan, two local businessmen and former Cavaliers employees, championed.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_km4461/is_200604/ai_n16276773 (230 words)

	NASCAR.COM - Goodyear Goes From Rubber to Roundball - November 2, 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		AKRON, Ohio, Nov 02, 2005 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/
		The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., the world's largest tire company, has introduced its newest product.
		He was enshrined as a coach in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in September 2002.
	www.nascar.com /2005/news/business/press/11/02/5362563/index.html (806 words)

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		As a junior, Izo completed 60 of 118 passes for 1,067 yards and was named to several All-American teams in 1960, he had the distinction of being named the No. 1 draft choice of the NFL, being taken be the St. Louis Cardinals after he has played in the East-West Shrine Game that year.
		When he came to Akron U there were only six recognized college teams playing soccer in Ohio.
		Two of his years in basketball were played with the Goodyear Wingfoots (1936-38).
	www.summitcountysportshalloffame.com /Inductees/1974.htm (1072 words)

	What glitters isn't golden. (NBA's 50th anniversary) - The Sporting News - HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		In the Midwest, though, sat the National Basketball League, an established entity that is, in fact, the NBA's off-forgotten other parent.
		The NBL began in 1937-38, when several midwest industrial teams, including the Akron Firestone Non-Skids and the Akron Goodyear Wingfoots, joined forces with some independent teams to form a professional league.
		The NBL had 13 teams in its first season and the Wingfoots won the title, defeating the Oshkosh All-Stars, two games to one, in the finals.
	www.highbeam.com /library/docfree.asp?DOCID=1G1:18832259&ctrlInfo=Round19:Mode19a:DocG:Result&ao= (897 words)

	NewspaperARCHIVE.com - Search old newspapers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		BILL KUSLEBKA of the Phffiips 66ers grabs, rebound as 7-foot Akron Goodyear Wingfoot cen- ter Mike McCoy is blocked under the basket by- Jim Hagan.
		The Goodyears won the game, 86-78, at Denver for their first national AAU championship.
		AAU basketball championship has passed from 11-time-win- ner Phillips 66 to the Goodyear Wingfoots of Akron, Ohio, who never had it before.
	www.newspaperarchive.com /newspapers2/na0002/1021/9789.html (2574 words)

	Santa Maria Times
		Speaking from his home recently, Stanford, 77, reflected on his days with the Dukes, who were a community hit in Santa Maria during their five years of existence.
		It was a lot of fun - we traveled as far east as Akron, Houston, Milwaukee," said the Mississippi-born Stanford, whose native accent remains distinctive despite his decades in Santa Maria.
		Unfortunately the NIBL's Dayton Air Gems folded after one season - during which, Stanford was the ninth-leading scorer in the league -, and Stanford was a man without a team.
	www.santamariatimes.com /articles/2005/08/21/news/sports/sports73.txt (937 words)

	Fort Wayne Pistons (1941-1957)
		The Pistons were not the only team named after auto parts in the NBL as they were joined by the Akron Firestone Non-Skids, Akron Goodyear Wingfoots, and Toledo Jim White Chevrolets.
		Playing against the start of America's involvement in World War II, and Pearl Harbor the Zollner Pistons had a solid inaugural season finishing in 2nd place with a 15-9 record.
		In the playoffs the Pistons would overcome an opening game loss to beat the Wingfoots in a 3-gameseries.
	www.sportsecyclopedia.com /nba/ftwayne/fwpistons.html (1331 words)

	Fameabilia - Not just a gallery, but an experience!
		In 1937, the managers of three industrial teams, the Goodyear Wingfoots and Firestone Non-Skids of Akron and the General Electrics of Ft. Wayne, decided to form a fully professional league.
		The Akron Goodyear Wingfoots won the first championship.
		In the second year of operation, there were only eight teams in the NBL, and by the 1940-41 season the number was down to seven teams in a single division, with the top four finishers advancing to the playoffs.
	www.fameabilia.com /cgi-bin/store/webstore.plx?user_action=link&link=srch-glossary (10168 words)

	ESPN.com - Will Brown Ever Settle Down?
		He led the Tar Heels in scoring as a junior (16.2 average) and was all-Atlantic Coast Conference as a senior in 1963.
		Brown became the point guard for the AAU Akron Goodyear Wingfoots and played for the U.S. Olympic squad, which won the gold medal in 1964.
		At 25, he returned to UNC, where he served as an assistant to Smith for two seasons (1965-67) before playing in the American Basketball Association for five.
	sports.espn.go.com /espn/print?id=2075342&type=story (1522 words)

	Amateur Athletic Union Basketball
		Akron (OH) Goodyear Wingfoots 9 5.643 1 Denver Central Bankers 9 5.643 1 Santa Maria Golden Dukes 7 7.500 3 Artesia CVE Travelers 4 10.286 6 Houston Ada Oilers 4 10.286 6 Milwaukee Allen-Bradleys 3 11.214 7
		Akron (OH) Goodyear Wingfoots 11 9.550 2 Denver Denver-Chicago Truckers 11 9.550 2 Peoria (IL) Cats 11 9.550 2 Wichita (KS) Vickers 11 9.550 2 Milwaukee Allen-Bradleys 3 17.150 10
		Denver Denver-Chicago Truckers 16 14.533 5 Akron (OH) Goodyear Wingfoots 15 15.500 6 Peoria (IL) Cats 15 15.500 6 Kansas City Kaycees 2 28.064 19
	www.apbr.org /aau.html (2937 words)

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