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Springfield Fame
Basketball team in Springfield, Massachusetts From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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Season-by-season records
Honours
USBL Player of the Year
USBL Coach of the Year
All-USBL Teams
First Team
- Tracy Jackson (1985)
- Billy Goodwin (1986)
Second Team
- Larry Lawrence (1985)
- Michael Adams (1985 and 1986)
- Jerome Henderson (1986)
USBL All-Rookie Team
- Andre Goode (1985)
- Michael Adams (1985)
- Dominic Pressley (1986)
USBL All-Defensive Team
- Michael Adams (1985 and 1986)
- Jerome Henderson (1986)
References
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