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.

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Label Occurrences
Kentucky Colonels canonical 43
Kentucky Colonels in the ABA 3
ABA team Kentucky Colonels 1

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 of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
didNotJoin NBA–ABA merger ⓘ
dissolved 1976 ⓘ
era 1970s ⓘ
late 1960s ⓘ
founded 1967 ⓘ
homeArena Freedom Hall ⓘ
homeCity Louisville, Kentucky ⓘ
surface form: Louisville
homeState Kentucky ⓘ
league American Basketball Association ⓘ
nickname Colonels ⓘ
notableCoach Hubie Brown ⓘ
Joe Mullaney ⓘ
notablePlayer Artis Gilmore ⓘ
Dan Issel ⓘ
Louie Dampier ⓘ
notableRival Indiana Pacers (ABA) ⓘ
surface form: Indiana Pacers

Brooklyn Nets ⓘ
surface form: New York Nets

Virginia Squires ⓘ
owner John Y. Brown Jr. ⓘ
participatedIn 1975 ABA Championship ⓘ
surface form: 1975 ABA Finals
playedFrom 1967 ⓘ
playedUntil 1976 ⓘ
predecessorName Kentucky Colonels self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 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 (ABA) ⓘ
surface form: Indiana Pacers

Referenced by (51)

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ABA → hadFranchise → Kentucky Colonels ⓘ
subject surface form: American Basketball Association
Kentucky Colonels → predecessorName → Kentucky Colonels self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kentucky Colonels (1967–1976)
Spirits of St. Louis → rival → Kentucky Colonels ⓘ
Minnesota Muskies → eliminatedBy → Kentucky Colonels ⓘ
Dan Issel → playedFor → Kentucky Colonels ⓘ
Dan Issel → wonChampionshipWith → Kentucky Colonels ⓘ
Indiana Pacers (ABA) → rival → Kentucky Colonels ⓘ
American Basketball Association → notableTeam → Kentucky Colonels ⓘ
Artis Gilmore → memberOfSportsTeam → Kentucky Colonels ⓘ
Artis Gilmore → playedFor → Kentucky Colonels ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kentucky Colonels in the ABA
ABA Eastern Conference → hasPart → Kentucky Colonels ⓘ
Thomas Hoover (basketball) → memberOfSportsTeam → Kentucky Colonels ⓘ
1967–68 ABA season → team → Kentucky Colonels ⓘ
1975 ABA Championship → champion → Kentucky Colonels ⓘ
1975 ABA Championship → championFranchise → Kentucky Colonels ⓘ
Hubie Brown → coachedTeam → Kentucky Colonels ⓘ
Hubie Brown → wonChampionshipWith → Kentucky Colonels ⓘ
1972–73 ABA season → finalsRunnerUp → Kentucky Colonels ⓘ
1972–73 ABA season → featuredTeam → Kentucky Colonels ⓘ
1972–73 ABA season → divisionChampion → Kentucky Colonels ⓘ
1972–73 ABA season → easternDivisionChampion → Kentucky Colonels ⓘ
1974–75 ABA season → champion → Kentucky Colonels ⓘ
1974–75 ABA season → finalsChampion → Kentucky Colonels ⓘ
1974–75 ABA season → featuredTeam → Kentucky Colonels ⓘ
Red Robbins → memberOfSportsTeam → Kentucky Colonels ⓘ
Les Hunter → memberOfSportsTeam → Kentucky Colonels ⓘ
1968 ABA Playoffs → includedTeam → Kentucky Colonels ⓘ
1968 ABA Playoffs → divisionSemifinalsMatchup → Kentucky Colonels ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minnesota Muskies vs Kentucky Colonels
1970–71 ABA season → finalsRunnerUp → Kentucky Colonels ⓘ
1970–71 ABA season → rookieOfTheYearTeam → Kentucky Colonels ⓘ
1970–71 ABA season → allStarGameMVPTeam → Kentucky Colonels ⓘ
1970–71 ABA season → featuredTeam → Kentucky Colonels ⓘ
1969–70 ABA season → featuredTeam → Kentucky Colonels ⓘ
Freedom Hall → tenant → Kentucky Colonels ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kentucky Colonels (ABA) (former)
1971–72 ABA season → playoffParticipant → Kentucky Colonels ⓘ
1971–72 ABA season → allStarGameHostTeam → Kentucky Colonels ⓘ
1973–74 ABA season → featuredTeam → Kentucky Colonels ⓘ
Tom Owens → playedFor → Kentucky Colonels ⓘ
Caldwell Jones → memberOfSportsTeam → Kentucky Colonels ⓘ
this entity surface form: ABA team Kentucky Colonels
Caldwell Jones → playedFor → Kentucky Colonels ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kentucky Colonels in the ABA
ABA Championship → notableFranchise → Kentucky Colonels ⓘ
Maurice Lucas → memberOfSportsTeam → Kentucky Colonels ⓘ
Issel → playedFor → Kentucky Colonels ⓘ
subject surface form: Dan Issel
Louie Dampier → memberOfSportsTeam → Kentucky Colonels ⓘ
Louie Dampier → playedFor → Kentucky Colonels ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kentucky Colonels in the ABA
Louie Dampier → draftedBy → Kentucky Colonels ⓘ
Louie Dampier → teamFromTo → Kentucky Colonels ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kentucky Colonels 1967–1976
Joe Mullaney → coachedTeam → Kentucky Colonels ⓘ
Gilmore → memberOfSportsTeam → Kentucky Colonels ⓘ
subject surface form: Artis Gilmore
The A-Train → playedForTeam → Kentucky Colonels ⓘ
subject surface form: Artis Gilmore