Baltimore Bullets

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basketball team defunct professional basketball team

The Baltimore Bullets were a professional basketball team that played in the 1940s–1950s and later became part of the early NBA before folding.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form Occurrences
Baltimore Bullets (1944–1954) 0
Baltimore Bullets (original NBA franchise) 6
Baltimore Bullets (1963–1973) 5

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf basketball team ⓘ
defunct professional basketball team ⓘ
championshipLeague Basketball Association of America ⓘ
championshipSeason 1947–48 BAA season ⓘ
city Baltimore ⓘ
cityLegacy contributed to Baltimore’s professional basketball history ⓘ
cityRepresentation first NBA champion from Baltimore ⓘ
competitionLevel major league ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dissolved 1954 ⓘ
foldedDuringSeason 1954–55 NBA season ⓘ
foldedReason financial difficulties ⓘ
founded 1944 ⓘ
fullName Baltimore Bullets self-linksurface differs ⓘ
governingBody National Basketball Association ⓘ
historicalSignificance one of the early NBA franchises to fold ⓘ
homeArena Baltimore Coliseum ⓘ
Fifth Regiment Armory ⓘ
joinedLeague Basketball Association of America in 1947 ⓘ
National Basketball Association in 1949 ⓘ
league Basketball Association of America ⓘ
National Basketball Association ⓘ
locatedIn Baltimore ⓘ
Maryland ⓘ
NBAFranchiseStatus folded and franchise disbanded ⓘ
notableCoach Buddy Jeannette ⓘ
notablePlayer Buddy Jeannette ⓘ
Connie Simmons ⓘ
Kleggie Hermsen ⓘ
originalLeague American Basketball League (1944–1947) ⓘ
participatedIn early years of the NBA ⓘ
playedInEra 1940s ⓘ
1950s ⓘ
predecessorLeague American Basketball League (1944–1947) ⓘ
surface form: American Basketball League
professionalStatus professional ⓘ
shortName Capital Bullets ⓘ
surface form: Bullets
sport basketball ⓘ
state Maryland ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
successorFranchiseRelation later Baltimore Bullets/Washington Bullets/Washington Wizards are a separate franchise ⓘ
successorNameReuse Baltimore Bullets self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Baltimore Bullets (1963–1973)
teamColors blue ⓘ
orange ⓘ
white ⓘ
wonChampionship 1948–49 BAA season ⓘ
surface form: 1948 BAA championship
wonTitleAs only BAA/NBA championship in franchise history ⓘ

Referenced by (32)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wes Unseld → NBAdebutTeam → Baltimore Bullets ⓘ
Wes Unseld → draftTeam → Baltimore Bullets ⓘ
Earl Monroe (honored) → draftedBy → Baltimore Bullets ⓘ
subject surface form: Earl Monroe
Capital Bullets → foundedAsName → Baltimore Bullets ⓘ
this entity surface form: Baltimore Bullets (1963–1973)
Chicago Zephyrs → franchiseContinuedAs → Baltimore Bullets ⓘ
this entity surface form: Baltimore Bullets (1963–1973)
Baltimore Bullets → fullName → Baltimore Bullets self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Baltimore Bullets (1944–1954)
Eastern Division → hasPart → Baltimore Bullets ⓘ
this entity surface form: Baltimore Bullets (BAA)
Western Division of NBA → includedFranchise → Baltimore Bullets ⓘ
subject surface form: Western Division (NBA)
this entity surface form: Baltimore Bullets (original NBA franchise)
Elvin Hayes → memberOfSportsTeam → Baltimore Bullets ⓘ
Johnny Logan → memberOfSportsTeam → Baltimore Bullets ⓘ
this entity surface form: Baltimore Bullets (original NBA franchise)
Max Zaslofsky → memberOfSportsTeam → Baltimore Bullets ⓘ
this entity surface form: Baltimore Bullets (original NBA franchise)
Red Rocha → memberOfSportsTeam → Baltimore Bullets ⓘ
this entity surface form: Baltimore Bullets (original NBA franchise)
Terry Dischinger → memberOfSportsTeam → Baltimore Bullets ⓘ
Unseld → memberOfSportsTeam → Baltimore Bullets ⓘ
subject surface form: Wes Unseld
Westley → memberOfSportsTeam → Baltimore Bullets ⓘ
subject surface form: Westley Unseld
1948–49 BAA season → newTeam → Baltimore Bullets ⓘ
Abe Pollin → owned → Baltimore Bullets ⓘ
this entity surface form: Baltimore Bullets (NBA)
Earl Monroe (honored) → playedFor → Baltimore Bullets ⓘ
subject surface form: Earl Monroe
The Big E → playedFor → Baltimore Bullets ⓘ
subject surface form: Elvin Hayes
Johnny Logan → playedFor → Baltimore Bullets ⓘ
this entity surface form: Baltimore Bullets (original NBA franchise)
Max Zaslofsky → playedFor → Baltimore Bullets ⓘ
this entity surface form: Baltimore Bullets (original NBA franchise)
Phil Chenier → playedFor → Baltimore Bullets ⓘ
Red Rocha → playedFor → Baltimore Bullets ⓘ
this entity surface form: Baltimore Bullets in the NBA
Walt Bellamy → playedFor → Baltimore Bullets ⓘ
Wes Unseld → playedFor → Baltimore Bullets ⓘ
Unseld → playedFor → Baltimore Bullets ⓘ
subject surface form: Wes Unseld
Capital Bullets → precededBy → Baltimore Bullets ⓘ
this entity surface form: Baltimore Bullets (1963–1973)
Chicago Packers → relocatedTo → Baltimore Bullets ⓘ
this entity surface form: Baltimore Bullets (1963–1973 NBA team)
Chicago Zephyrs → successor → Baltimore Bullets ⓘ
this entity surface form: Baltimore Bullets (1963–1973)
Baltimore Bullets → successorNameReuse → Baltimore Bullets self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Baltimore Bullets (1944–1954)
this entity surface form: Baltimore Bullets (1963–1973)
Phil Chenier → team → Baltimore Bullets ⓘ