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: "Hazleton Hawks" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR(July 2007) (Learn how and when to remove this message)
Hazleton Hawks
Founded
1955
League
EPBL 1955-1962
Arena
St. Joseph's High School (1955–1962)
Team History
Hazleton Professionals 1955-1956
Hazleton Hawks 1956-1962 by
Championships
None
Division titles
None
Head coach
unknown
The Hazleton Hawks were a professional basketball franchise in the Eastern Professional Basketball League. The Hawks, based in Hazleton, Pennsylvania, joined the league in 1955, playing as the "Hazleton Professionals"; they were named the "Hawks" in their second season in the league.
In the team's first season, the franchise went through several different lineups and two coaching changes, but later made the playoffs by signing several players who had been part of the college point-shaving scandals, including Sherman White of Long Island University, Bob McDonald of Toledo University, and Ed Warner of CCNY. With that lineup, the team was able to reach the Eastern League finals in its first season - only to lose to the Wilkes-Barre Barons in a best-of-three series.
By the team's second year of operation, the franchise was now known as the "Hawks," and became the first basketball team in an integrated professional league to have an all-black starting lineup, which included White, Tom Hemans of Niagara University, Jesse Arnelle from Penn State, Fletcher Johnson from Duquesne University, and Floyd Layne of CCNY.
The 1957-58 season saw the Hawks finish with an 18-10 record, tying them for first place in the league with the Wilkes-Barre Barons and Easton Madisons; after a three-way playoff, the Hawks were seeded third in the Eastern League playoffs, where the team eventually lost to the Madisons.
Among the notable basketball stars who played for the Hawks were John Chaney, later to become coach of Temple University's men's basketball team; and Jack Molinas, who became a player-coach during the 1960-61 season.
The Hawks remained in the Eastern League until 1962, when after three consecutive losing seasons the franchise folded.
The HazletonHawks were a professional basketball franchise in the Eastern Professional Basketball League. The Hawks, based in Hazleton, Pennsylvania...
in 1987; see Covance FCI Hazleton, federal prison, West Virginia, United States Hazleton (EP), a 1998 EP by Fuel HazletonHawks, team in the U.S. Eastern...
Basketball League (EPBL) from 1954 to 1962 for the Williamsport Billies, HazletonHawks and Wilkes-Barre Barons. He was selected as the EPBL Most Valuable Player...
alumni of the Harlem Globetrotters. During the 1955–56 season, the HazletonHawks Eastern League team was the first integrated professional league franchise...
game.[citation needed] In 1947, he began playing for the Tri-Cities BlackHawks in the National Basketball League (NBL). While with the Blackhawks, he made...
Continental Basketball Association. In December 1955 he signed with the HazletonHawks. Source "Bucky McConnell". Legacy.com. 2019. Retrieved May 6, 2019....
Association (NBA) as a member of the Baltimore Bullets and the Milwaukee Hawks. Feigenbaum was born in Binghamton, New York, on July 2, 1929, and was raised...
his first starring role, in Howard Hawks' auto-racing drama Red Line 7000. It was not a financial success. But Hawks liked Caan and cast him in his next...
as the Most Valuable Player in 1960. Arceneaux played for the St. Louis Hawks (1961–62) in the NBA for 7 games. He died in 2015. Source "Stacey Arceneaux...
Hollow are on Leck Kill soil. However, the rest of the watershed is on Hazleton soil. Negro Hollow is a small stream, with a width of 2.8 metres (9.2 ft)...
as head coach of the Atlanta Hawks, going 31–51 in his first season with the Hawks. But by the 1977–78 season, the Hawks had rebounded into a .500 team...
Edward James Silber (June 6, 1914 – October 26, 1976) was an outfielder in Major League Baseball. He played for the St. Louis Browns. "Eddie Silber Statistics...
drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 30th round of the 2004 MLB Draft out of Hazleton Area School District. He played in the Cubs organization from 2004 to 2010...
McKeesport Penn State University Penn State-Hazleton Nittany Lions Penn State University-HazletonHazleton Penn State University Penn State-Lehigh Valley...
coal mining cities of Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, Pittston, Nanticoke, and Hazleton. Erie is located in the northwest. State College is located in the central...
Global Information