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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springfield, fame, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, january,. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Springfield Fame news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2019 Learn how and when to remove this message 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 Springfield FameLeagueUnited States Basketball LeagueFounded1985Dissolved1986ArenaSpringfield Civic CenterLocationSpringfield MassachusettsChampionships1985 no playoffs Contents 1 History 2 Season by season records 3 Team awards 4 ReferencesHistory editThe 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 Season by season records editYear Wins Losses Win GB Head coach 1985 19 6 760 Gerald Oliver 1986 23 10 697 0 5 Henry Bibby 2 Team awards editUSBL Player of the Year Tracy Jackson 1985 USBL Coach of the Year Gerald Oliver 1985 Henry Bibby 1986 All USBL TeamsFirst 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 edit 1985 1986 Springfield Fame 26 June 2015 History of the United States Basketball League Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Springfield Fame amp oldid 1144386284, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,