Spirits of St. Louis
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Spirits of St. Louis was a short-lived but memorable professional basketball team in the mid-1970s ABA, known for its colorful ownership, young star players, and lucrative NBA merger settlement.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Spirits of St. Louis canonical | 15 |
| ABA team Spirits of St. Louis | 1 |
| Spirits of St. Louis in the ABA | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American Basketball Association team
ⓘ
basketball team ⓘ |
| abbreviation | STL ⓘ |
| coach |
Bob MacKinnon
ⓘ
Rod Thorn ⓘ |
| competitionLevel | major professional ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dissolved | 1976 ⓘ |
| division |
ABA Eastern Conference
ⓘ
surface form:
ABA Eastern Division
|
| era | mid-1970s ⓘ |
| founded | 1974 ⓘ |
| homeArena | St. Louis Arena ⓘ |
| homeCity |
St. Louis, Missouri, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
St. Louis
|
| knownFor |
colorful ownership
ⓘ
lucrative ABA–NBA merger settlement ⓘ young star players ⓘ |
| league | American Basketball Association ⓘ |
| location |
St. Louis, Missouri, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
St. Louis, Missouri
|
| mediaPortrayal | subject of books and documentaries about ABA history ⓘ |
| mergerSettlement |
annual payments from NBA
ⓘ
share of future NBA television revenues ⓘ |
| nicknameOrigin | named after the airplane in which Charles Lindbergh made his transatlantic flight ⓘ |
| notableExecutive | Harry Weltman ⓘ |
| notableGame | upset of New York Nets in 1975 ABA playoffs ⓘ |
| notablePlayer |
Don Chaney
ⓘ
Freddie Lewis ⓘ Gus Gerard ⓘ Marvin Barnes ⓘ Maurice Lucas ⓘ Mike D’Antoni ⓘ Moses Malone ⓘ |
| owner |
Daniel Silna
ⓘ
Ozzie Silna ⓘ |
| playoffAppearance | 1974–75 ABA playoffs ⓘ |
| predecessor | Carolina Cougars ⓘ |
| reasonForNotJoiningNBA | excluded from 1976 ABA–NBA merger ⓘ |
| rival |
Kentucky Colonels
ⓘ
Brooklyn Nets ⓘ
surface form:
New York Nets
|
| season |
1974–75 ABA season
ⓘ
1975–76 ABA season ⓘ |
| sport | basketball ⓘ |
| status | defunct professional basketball team ⓘ |
| successor | no direct NBA successor team ⓘ |
| teamColors |
black
ⓘ
orange ⓘ white ⓘ |
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
American Basketball Association
this entity surface form:
ABA team Spirits of St. Louis
this entity surface form:
Spirits of St. Louis in the ABA