Virginia Squires

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American Basketball Association team defunct basketball team professional basketball team

The Virginia Squires were a professional basketball team that competed in the American Basketball Association during the late 1960s and early 1970s, known for featuring stars like Julius Erving and George Gervin.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Virginia Squires canonical 32
Washington Capitols (ABA) / Virginia Squires franchise 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American Basketball Association team ⓘ
defunct basketball team ⓘ
professional basketball team ⓘ
basedIn Virginia ⓘ
color blue ⓘ
red ⓘ
white ⓘ
competitionLevel major professional ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
division ABA Eastern Conference ⓘ
surface form: ABA Eastern Division
era early 1970s ⓘ
late 1960s ⓘ
mid 1970s ⓘ
folded 1976 ⓘ
foundedAsVirginiaSquires 1970 ⓘ
homeArena Hampton Coliseum ⓘ
Norfolk Scope ⓘ
Richmond Coliseum ⓘ
Roanoke Civic Center ⓘ
jerseyNumberRetiredFor none ⓘ
league American Basketball Association ⓘ
notableCoach Al Bianchi ⓘ
notableFor developing George Gervin ⓘ
developing Julius Erving ⓘ
financial instability ⓘ
notablePlayer Charlie Scott ⓘ
George Carter ⓘ
George Gervin ⓘ
Julius Erving ⓘ
participatedIn ABA–NBA merger process ⓘ
playedHomeGamesIn Hampton ⓘ
surface form: Hampton, Virginia

Norfolk, Virginia ⓘ
Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
Roanoke, Virginia ⓘ
predecessor Oakland Oaks ⓘ
Washington Caps ⓘ
reasonForFolding financial difficulties ⓘ
regionRepresented Virginia ⓘ
surface form: Commonwealth of Virginia
relocatedFrom Washington, D.C. ⓘ
relocatedTo Virginia ⓘ
resultOfABA-NBAMerger not admitted to NBA ⓘ
soldPlayerContractOf George Gervin ⓘ
Julius Erving ⓘ
sport basketball ⓘ
successorLeagueForPlayers National Basketball Association ⓘ
wonDivisionTitle 1970–71 ABA Eastern Division ⓘ

Referenced by (33)

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

ABA → hadFranchise → Virginia Squires ⓘ
subject surface form: American Basketball Association
Kentucky Colonels → notableRival → Virginia Squires ⓘ
Julius Erving → playedFor → Virginia Squires ⓘ
George Gervin → memberOfSportsTeam → Virginia Squires ⓘ
George Gervin → memberOfSportsTeam → Virginia Squires ⓘ
this entity surface form: Washington Capitols (ABA) / Virginia Squires franchise
George Gervin → professionalDebutTeam → Virginia Squires ⓘ
ABA Eastern Conference → hasPart → Virginia Squires ⓘ
Scope Arena → formerTenant → Virginia Squires ⓘ
Warren Jabali → playedFor → Virginia Squires ⓘ
1972–73 ABA season → featuredTeam → Virginia Squires ⓘ
1974–75 ABA season → featuredTeam → Virginia Squires ⓘ
Red Robbins → memberOfSportsTeam → Virginia Squires ⓘ
Bill Musselman → coachedTeam → Virginia Squires ⓘ
1970–71 ABA season → coachOfTheYearTeam → Virginia Squires ⓘ
1970–71 ABA season → featuredTeam → Virginia Squires ⓘ
Glen Combs → memberOfSportsTeam → Virginia Squires ⓘ
1971–72 ABA season → playoffParticipant → Virginia Squires ⓘ
1973–74 ABA season → featuredTeam → Virginia Squires ⓘ
Willie Wise → memberOfSportsTeam → Virginia Squires ⓘ
Larry Brown → memberOfSportsTeam → Virginia Squires ⓘ
Al Bianchi → coachedTeam → Virginia Squires ⓘ
Norfolk Scope → formerTenant → Virginia Squires ⓘ
Richmond Coliseum → tenant → Virginia Squires ⓘ
David Thompson → draftedBy → Virginia Squires ⓘ
Washington Caps → relocatedTo → Virginia Squires ⓘ
Washington Caps → successor → Virginia Squires ⓘ
George Carter → teamPlayedFor → Virginia Squires ⓘ
Mack Calvin → playedFor → Virginia Squires ⓘ
The Iceman → memberOfSportsTeam → Virginia Squires ⓘ
subject surface form: George Gervin
Doug Moe → teamPlayedFor → Virginia Squires ⓘ
Charlie Scott → memberOfSportsTeam → Virginia Squires ⓘ
Billy Paultz → playedFor → Virginia Squires ⓘ
Jan van Breda Kolff → memberOfSportsTeam → Virginia Squires ⓘ