Pacific Coast Professional Basketball League
The Pacific Coast Professional Basketball League was a professional basketball league with teams from the Pacific Northwest in the United States and Canada. The league existed for two seasons: 1946-47 and 1947-48.
Teams
Three teams played in both seasons:
- Bellingham Fircrests
- Portland Indians
- Vancouver Hornets
These teams played in the 1946-47 season, but dropped out for the 1947-48 season:
- Salem Trailblazers
- Seattle Blue Devils
- Spokane Orphans
- Yakima Ramblers
These teams joined the league for the 1947-48 season:
- Astoria Royal Chinooks
- Seattle Athletics
- Tacoma Mountaineers
Champions
- 1946-47: Bellingham Fircrests won round robin playoffs; chose not to play in World Professional Basketball Tournament, so runner-up Portland Indians went instead, losing to the Sheboygan Redskins in the first round.
- 1947-48: Portland Indians defeated Seattle Athletics 3 games to 1. (The fourth game was disallowed after a timekeeping error and replayed two days later with Portland winning 76–74).[1]
Notable players
- George (Porky) Andrews
- Gale Bishop
- Norm Baker
- Al Brightman
- Noble Jorgensen
- John Mandic
- Ken Suesens
- Urgel (Slim) Wintermute
References
- ↑ Maxey Jr, Wendell (January 1, 2009). "Indians were here before Trail Blazers". Northwest Examiner. Retrieved December 13, 2010.