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  NBA Article - National Basketball Association Highlights
It was a combination of the Basketball Association of America and the National Basketball League.
The six remaining NBL franchises -- Anderson (IN) Packers, Denver Nuggets, Indianapolis Olympians, Sheboygan (WI) Redskins, Syracuse Nationals, Tri-Cities Blackhawks and Waterloo (IA) Hawks -- joined along with the new Indianapolis Olympians, and the BAA becomes the National Basketball Association.
Six teams dropped out in 1950: Anderson Packers, Chicago Stags, Denver Nuggets, Sheboygan Redskins, St Louis Bombers and Waterloo Hawks (11 teams, 2 divisions).
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  Wisconsin Stories: More Than a Game
In 1943, when the Sheboygan Redskins defeated the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons two games to one to become champions of the National Basketball League, few people worried that Indian sports mascots might be offensive.
When the USPTO reversed its approval in January 1994, NBA Properties, Inc., agreed to join its trademark case to that of the Washington Redskins football team, whose trademark protection was also being challenged.
Four years later a three-judge panel of the USPTO revoked federal trademark protection for the Washington Redskins, ruling that the name was, in fact, disparaging.
www.wisconsinstories.org /2002season/sports/closer_look.cfm   (1474 words)

  
  JS Online: Celebration stirs memories of Sheboygan as a major-league town
Sheboygan was home to a National Basketball League franchise for 11 years and then, for one other season in 1949-'50, partners in the National Basketball Association with the likes of the New York Knicks and Boston Celtics.
Formed in 1938, the Redskins were an offshoot of several locally sponsored teams and were comprised in the beginning of mostly local talent.
The Redskins' best showing was in the first year of the tournament when they lost the third-place game to the Harlem Globetrotters.
www.jsonline.com /sports/buck/jun00/redskin25062400.asp   (1941 words)

  
  Sheboygan A's Baseball - Glory Days   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The real "glory years" of Sheboygan's baseball history have to be between 1940 and 1952, the years when the Indians represented Sheboygan in the Class D Wisconsin State League.
Tony Mickey was the first to send in the name Indians because "the history and name of Sheboygan dates back to the Indians (and it) also collaborates with the 'Redskins' basketball team".
Appleton approved, but Sheboygan vehemently objected, saying that to call off the series would be unfair to Sheboygan fans and would tremendously hurt the club financially.
www.sheboyganbaseball.org /glorydays.htm   (2251 words)

  
  Omnipelagos.com ~ article "Sheboygan, Wisconsin"
It is the principal city of and is included in the Sheboygan, Wisconsin Metropolitan Statistical Area and is the county seat of Sheboygan County.
Sheboygan County is famous for its bratwurst, including the well-known Johnsonville bratwurst.
Sheboygan was recognized by Reader's Digest as "The Best Place to Raise a Family" in the United States in 1995.
www.omnipelagos.com /entry?n=sheboygan%2C_%57isconsin   (818 words)

  
 Spartanburg SC | GoUpstate.com | Spartanburg Herald-Journal   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Sheboygan is served by the Sheboygan County Memorial Airport, which is located several miles from the city.
Sheboygan is bounded on the east by Lake Michigan.
Sheboygan County is famous for its bratwurst, including the well-known Johnsonville and Old Wisconsin bratwurst.
www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Sheboygan,_Wisconsin   (1104 words)

  
 Sheboygan Redskins - Definition, explanation
The Sheboygan Redskins were a National Basketball Association team based in Sheboygan, Wisconsin.
The Redskins played in the National Basketball League (NBL) from 1938 to 1949.
When NBL merged with the Basketball Association of America and became the National Basketball Association (NBA), the Redskins joined the NBA.
www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/s/sh/sheboygan_redskins.php   (102 words)

  
 Sheboygan Redskins - Japan
The Sheboygan Red Skins were a National Basketball League and National Basketball Association team based in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, USA.
Sheboygan and six other NBL teams merged with the 10-team Basketball Association of America on Aug. 3, 1949, to become the National Basketball Association.
Sheboygan posted the NPBL's best record (29-16) in 1950-51, after which the league dissolved.
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 The History of the NBA: Part II
Sheboygan also had a good showing finishing the season at 14-8, with five of their losses coming to Fort Wayne.
Sheboygan had a harder time with Oshkosh, the Redskins beat the All-stars 32-31 in the first game of the series, but lost 34-31 in game two.
In the West the Redskins, Gears and All-stars would be in a three-way dog fight for the division championship.
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 lovesouls
The Sheboygan Red Skins were a National Basketball League and National Basketball Association team based in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, USA.
The Red Skins played in the National Basketball League from 1938 to 1949, led the league in defense five times, appeared in five championship series and won the 1942-43 title, defeating the league-leading Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons (today's Detroit Pistons) in the finals.
Sheboygan and six other NBL teams merged with the 10-team Basketball Association of America on Aug. 3, 1949, to become the National Basketball Association.
www.lovesouls.com /articleresources/?title=Sheboygan_Redskins   (180 words)

  
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In 1945-46, Rottner joined the Sheboygan Redskins of the NBL late in the season and appeared in five regular season games, scoring 20 points.
Sheboygan, who finished the regular season with a record of 21-13 won the Western Division and then defeated the Oshkosh All-Star in the semifinals to reach the NBL Championship.
He played in the NBL for the Sheboygan Redskins in 1945-46, and in the NBA for the Chicago Stags in 1946-48.
www.jewsinsports.org /profile.asp?sport=basketball&ID=185   (515 words)

  
 Sheboygan Redskins
The Sheboygan Redskins were a National Basketball Association team based in Sheboygan, Wisconsin.
The Redskins played in the National Basketball League (NBL) from 1938 to 1949.
When NBL merged with the Basketball Association of America and became the National Basketball Association (NBA), the Redskins joined the NBA.
www.free-download-soft.com /info/sheboygan-redskins.html   (76 words)

  
 JS Online: Celebration stirs memories of Sheboygan as a major-league town
Sheboygan was home to a National Basketball League franchise for 11 years and then, for one other season in 1949-'50, partners in the National Basketball Association with the likes of the New York Knicks and Boston Celtics.
Formed in 1938, the Redskins were an offshoot of several locally sponsored teams and were comprised in the beginning of mostly local talent.
Two of the Redskins' former players were inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame: Buddy Jeanette, who played briefly in 1942-'43; and Bobby McDermott, who played in 1947-'48 when he was past his prime.
www2.jsonline.com /sports/buck/jun00/redskin25062400.asp   (1941 words)

  
 The Sheboygan Press - Week 6: Packers 17, Redskins 14
Week 6: Packers 17, Redskins 14, gallery 2
Week 6: Packers 17, Redskins 14, gallery 3
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www.sheboygan-press.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/99999999/PKR0201/399990349/0/SHE   (138 words)

  
 PackersNews.com - Week 6: Packers 17, Redskins 14
Rant: The Packers put the ball on the ground four times against the Redskins, although they recovered on each occasion.
Packers 17, Redskins 14: How they scored (Oct. 15, 2007)
Packers enter bye with high hopes, 17-14 win over Redskins (Oct. 15, 2007)
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 Broughton, Charles E., 1873-1956
Letters are also concerned with state Democratic politics (1932-1952); (6.) The development of Horicon Marsh and Sheboygan Marsh, and the fight on pollution in the state (1930-1949); (7.) Activities as a national officer in the Elks (1940-1946).
He was responsible for the founding of Sheboygan's Kiddies Camp for underprivileged children, the YMCA, and the Safe Rider's Club.
He was a director of the Sheboygan Redskins basketball team, the Sheboygan Baseball Association, and the county Welfare Board.
www.uwm.edu /Library/arch/findaids/mssba.htm   (1609 words)

  
 Sheboygan Redskins at AllExperts
The Sheboygan Red Skins were a National Basketball Association team based in Sheboygan, Wisconsin.
The Red Skins played in the National Basketball League from 1938 to 1949, led the league in defense five times, appeared in five championship series and won the 1942-43 title, defeating the league-leading Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons (today's Detroit Pistons) in the finals.
Sheboygan and six other NBL teams merged with the 10-team Basketball Association of America on Aug. 3, 1949, to become the National Basketball Association.
en.allexperts.com /e/s/sh/sheboygan_redskins.htm   (294 words)

  
 1870s Dead Horse Photo Sparks Mystery - washingtonpost.com
The fl-and-white picture taken in Sheboygan between 1876 and 1884 has sparked curiosity, speculation and jokes from people nationwide after a newspaper published a 2007 calendar with the scene.
The picture taken in Sheboygan sometime between 1876 and 1884 has sparked curiosity, speculation and jokes from people throughout the country, thanks to some newspaper publicity, the Internet and blogging.
He said he got a recent call from a woman who told him that her husband once had a glass plate of the picture _ the technology used in 1870s to make pictures _ but it broke and the envelope with it said only that the photo was a man on a dead horse.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/04/AR2007010401317.html   (881 words)

  
 The NFL Directory: rochester redskins   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Redskins have a bye), monthly in March, May, July and three times in August by.
The Redskins came out hot, scoring the first four points to take a quick 4-0 lead...
When all was said and done, the Redskins surrendered picks in the first, fifth, sixth and seventh rounds for restricted...
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 Indians are people not mascots - 2002
In 1943, when the Sheboygan Redskins defeated the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons two games to one to become champions of the National Basketball League, few people worried that Indian sports mascots might be offensive.
Though the team lasted only one year in the league, the Sheboygan Redskins had been a charter member of the National Basketball Association.
Four years later a three-judge panel of the USPTO revoked federal trademark protection for the Washington Redskins, ruling that the name was, in fact, disparaging.
www.alphacdc.com /treaty/nomascot-2002.html   (1998 words)

  
 VP's Basketball Career - GreaseSpot Cafe
The Sheboygan Redskins began play in 1938 and were members of the National Basketball League, which featured, among others besides the Redskins, the Akron Firestone Non-Skids, the Cleveland White Horses, the Toledo Jeeps and the Indianapolis Kautskys (?).
Sheboygan played one season in the new league before folding their tent permanently in 1950.
Wierwille got his BA at Mission House College in Sheboygan in 1938 so 1937-38 was probably his last season playing college basketball.
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 SHEBOYGAN News - SHEBOYGAN, Wisconsin on Examiner.com
Autopsy shows man who fell from roof had a fatal heart attack
Sheboygan woman dies of smoke inhalation -25 days ago
Two Sheboygan men arrested in stalking case -27 days ago
www.examiner.com /City-SHEBOYGAN-c1163-Wisconsin.html?setEdition=Washington_DC   (484 words)

  
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In 1939-40, he played one game for the Chicago Bruins and then appeared in five games for the Sheboygan Redskins, scoring six points.
Sheboygan finished the regular season with a record of 13-11 and tied for second place in the standings.
He also played briefly in the NBL for the Chicago Bruins and Sheboygan Redskins in 1939-40.
www.jewsinsports.org /profile.asp?sport=basketball&ID=233   (298 words)

  
 Sports Directory NBA Basketball Buy Cheap Basketball Tickets
It was a combination of the Basketball Association of America and the National Basketball League.
The six remaining NBL franchises—Anderson (IN) Packers, Denver Nuggets, Indianapolis Olympians, Sheboygan (WI) Redskins, Syracuse Nationals, Tri-Cities Blackhawks and Waterloo (IA) Hawks—join along with the new Indianapolis Olympians; the BAA becomes the National Basketball Association; Providence Steamrollers and Indianapolis Jets drop out (17-teams, 3 divisions).
Six teams drop out in 1950: Anderson Packers, Chicago Stags, Denver Nuggets, Sheboygan Redskins, St Louis Bombers and Waterloo Hawks (11 teams, 2 divisions) 1951 Tri-Cities Blackhawks, who divided home games between Moline and Rock Island (IL), and Davenport (IA) move to Milwaukee and become the Hawks.
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 Charles Broughton Collection
He was responsible for the founding of the Sheboygan Kiddies Camp for underprivileged children, the YMCA, and the Safe Rider’s Club.
Broughton Marsh Park was named in recognition of his successful efforts to restore the Sheboygan Marsh, and Broughton Drive in Sheboygan honored him for his community service.
Although Charles E. Broughton was an important influence in a half century of Sheboygan’s development, his reputation extended beyond his own community and even outside of Wisconsin.
www.sheboygan.lib.wi.us /pages/fabroughton.html   (1192 words)

  
 LeRoy "Cowboy" Edwards   (Site not responding. Last check: )
In 1960, the Oshkosh All-Stars and their arch-rival the Sheboygan Redskins held a reunion in Sheboygan.
Prior to the reunion, there was hoopla from the Sheboygan media at the news that Edwards would be attending.
Gametime is 2:30 with a crowd of over 2,500 expected to be on hand, ticket requests having come in from many state cities and leaving less than a thousand seats left, mostly in the balcony.
www.bigbluehistory.net /bb/Edwards/edwards_lifeafterbball.html   (1221 words)

  
 About the Detroit Pistons
Dubbed the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons they joined the National Basketball League in 1941 and went all the way to the championship game in thier first year.
Their loss to the Oshkosh all starts didn't take away their first as the Pistons made it to the finals again in 1943 only to fall to Sheboygan Redskins by one point.
The Pistons would have their payback by winning their first championship the following year and repeating in 1945.
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 Steep and Cheap - Forum from Steepandcheap.com   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The only time that I had ever heard of it was in a movie, john candy had a small part in which he was in a polka band from Sheboygan...
Sheboygan County is the home of the world famous Johnsonville bratwurst.[1] The city of Sheboygan's Jaycees have an annual fundraising festival called Bratwurst Days, which includes the Johnsonville World Bratwurst Eating Championship, an eating contest.[2][
* From 1938 to 1951, Sheboygan was home to a National Basketball Association franchise, the Sheboygan Redskins, which played at the Sheboygan Municipal Auditorium and Armory.
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 NBA History - NBA - 40's - Standings - 1949   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Mar. 21 Indianpolis 86, Sheboygan 85 @ Indianapolis
Mar. 23 Sheboygan 95, Indianpolis 85 @ Sheboygan
Mar. 25 Indianapolis 91, Sheboygan 84 @ Indianapolis
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 Green Bay Press-Gazette - Editorial: Armory's traditions don't have to end   (Site not responding. Last check: )
On Saturday night, the final North-South basketball game will be played in the venerable Sheboygan Municipal Auditorium and Armory.
Though it has carried the dual name of auditorium and armory, the building's history involves mostly basketball.
The Sheboygan Redskins, pioneers in the National Basketball Association in the late 1940s, played there.
www.greenbaypressgazette.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/99999999/SHE0205/399990003/1212/GPG010301   (476 words)

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