Anderson Packers
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The Anderson Packers also known as the Anderson Duffy Packers was a professional basketball
team based in Anderson
, Indiana
, in the 1940s and 1950s.
The Packers played in the National Basketball League
from 1946 to 1949. The team moved into the National Basketball Association
for the 1949-50 season
. The franchise withdrew from the NBA on April 11, 1950 when the organization was absorbed by the League.
After that season the team moved to the National Professional Basketball League.
!colspan="6"|Anderson Packers (NBL)
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|1946-47 ||24||20||0.545 ||Did not qualify||
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|1947-48 ||42||18||0.700||4-2||Lost in Semifinals
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|1948-49 ||49||15||0.766||6-1||NBL Champions
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|1949-50 ||37||27||0.578||4-4||Lost in Semifinals
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!colspan="6"|Anderson Packers (NPBL)
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|1950-51 || || || || ||
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Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
team based in Anderson
Anderson, Indiana
Anderson is a city in and the county seat of Madison County, Indiana, United States. It is the principal city of the Anderson, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses Madison county. Anderson is the headquarters of the Church of God and home of Anderson University, which is...
, Indiana
Indiana
Indiana is a US state, admitted to the United States as the 19th on December 11, 1816. It is located in the Midwestern United States and Great Lakes Region. With 6,483,802 residents, the state is ranked 15th in population and 16th in population density. Indiana is ranked 38th in land area and is...
, in the 1940s and 1950s.
The Packers played in the National Basketball League
National Basketball League (United States)
Founded in 1937, the National Basketball League, often abbreviated to NBL, was a professional men's basketball league in the United States. The league would later merge with the Basketball Association of America to form the National Basketball Association in 1949.- League history :The...
from 1946 to 1949. The team moved into the National Basketball Association
National Basketball Association
The National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...
for the 1949-50 season
1949-50 NBA season
The 1949–50 NBA season was officially the 4th season of the National Basketball Association. However, it is the first season that the league is officially called the National Basketball Association...
. The franchise withdrew from the NBA on April 11, 1950 when the organization was absorbed by the League.
After that season the team moved to the National Professional Basketball League.
Season-by-season records
|-!colspan="6"|Anderson Packers (NBL)
|-
|1946-47 ||24||20||0.545 ||Did not qualify||
|-
|1947-48 ||42||18||0.700||4-2||Lost in Semifinals
|-
|1948-49 ||49||15||0.766||6-1||NBL Champions
|-
!colspan="6"|Anderson Packers (NBA)
|-
|1949-50 ||37||27||0.578||4-4||Lost in Semifinals
|-
!colspan="6"|Anderson Packers (NPBL)
|-
|1950-51 || || || || ||
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