Kentucky Colonels

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basketball team professional sports team

The Kentucky Colonels were a professional basketball team based in Louisville that became one of the most successful and popular franchises in the original American Basketball Association during the late 1960s and 1970s.

Aliases (2)

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	basketball team → professional sports team →
averageAttendanceHigh	1970s ABA seasons →
basedIn	Louisville, Kentucky →
championshipCount	1 →
competitionLevel	major professional →
conference	Eastern Division →
country	United States →
didNotJoin	NBA–ABA merger →
dissolved	1976 →
era	1970s → late 1960s →
founded	1967 →
homeArena	Freedom Hall →
homeCity	Louisville →
homeState	Kentucky →
league	American Basketball Association →
nickname	Colonels →
notableCoach	Hubie Brown → Joe Mullaney →
notablePlayer	Artis Gilmore → Dan Issel → Louie Dampier →
notableRival	Indiana Pacers → New York Nets → Virginia Squires →
owner	John Y. Brown Jr. →
participatedIn	1975 ABA Finals →
playedFrom	1967 →
playedUntil	1976 →
predecessorName	Kentucky Colonels (1967–1976) →
region	Kentucky →
retiredNumber	10 → 35 → 44 → 53 →
sport	basketball →
status	defunct →
teamColors	green → white → yellow →
wonChampionship	1975 ABA Championship →
wonDivisionTitle	1971–72 ABA season → 1972–73 ABA season → 1973–74 ABA season → 1974–75 ABA season →
wonFinalsAgainst	Indiana Pacers →

Referenced by (12)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Artis Gilmore → Thomas Hoover (basketball) →	memberOfSportsTeam
Artis Gilmore ("Kentucky Colonels in the ABA") → Dan Issel →	playedFor
Indiana Pacers (ABA) → Spirits of St. Louis →	rival
Minnesota Muskies →	eliminatedBy
American Basketball Association →	hadFranchise
ABA Eastern Conference →	hasPart
American Basketball Association →	notableTeam
Kentucky Colonels ("Kentucky Colonels (1967–1976)") →	predecessorName
Dan Issel →	wonChampionshipWith