Chicago Zephyrs

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basketball team defunct NBA team

The Chicago Zephyrs were a short-lived early 1960s NBA franchise that later relocated and evolved into the modern Washington Wizards.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Chicago Zephyrs canonical 11
Chicago Packers 2

Statements (37)

Predicate Object
instanceOf basketball team ⓘ
defunct NBA team ⓘ
ChicagoPackersSeason 1961–62 NBA season ⓘ
city Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
surface form: Chicago
conferenceAtTheTime Western Conference ⓘ
surface form: Western Conference (historical NBA alignment)
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
division Western Division ⓘ
foundedAsZephyrs 1962 ⓘ
franchiseContinuedAs Baltimore Bullets ⓘ
surface form: Baltimore Bullets (1963–1973)
franchiseEventuallyBecame Washington Wizards ⓘ
surface form: Washington Bullets

Washington Wizards ⓘ
franchiseLineage Chicago Packers → Chicago Zephyrs → Baltimore Bullets → Capital Bullets → Washington Bullets → Washington Wizards ⓘ
homeArenaCity Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
surface form: Chicago
league National Basketball Association ⓘ
location Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
surface form: Chicago, Illinois
notablePlayer Terry Dischinger ⓘ
Walt Bellamy ⓘ
numberOfSeasonsInNBA 1 ⓘ
originalFranchiseName Chicago Packers ⓘ
partOfFranchiseLineage Washington Wizards ⓘ
surface form: Washington Wizards franchise
playedHomeGamesAt Chicago Coliseum ⓘ
playedInEra early 1960s ⓘ
predecessor Chicago Packers ⓘ
relocatedTo Baltimore ⓘ
surface form: Baltimore, Maryland
relocationYear 1963 ⓘ
rookieOfTheYearWinner Terry Dischinger ⓘ
seasonPlayed 1962–63 NBA season ⓘ
shortLivedFranchise true ⓘ
sport basketball ⓘ
state Illinois ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
successor Baltimore Bullets ⓘ
surface form: Baltimore Bullets (1963–1973)
teamColors blue ⓘ
red ⓘ
white ⓘ
TerryDischingerRookieOfTheYearSeason 1962–63 ⓘ
wonRookieOfTheYearFor 1962–63 NBA season ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

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

Washington Wizards → foundedAs → Chicago Zephyrs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicago Packers
Washington Wizards → formerName → Chicago Zephyrs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chicago Packers
Washington Wizards → formerName → Chicago Zephyrs ⓘ
Terry Dischinger → memberOfSportsTeam → Chicago Zephyrs ⓘ
Terry Dischinger → draftedBy → Chicago Zephyrs ⓘ
Walt Bellamy → playedFor → Chicago Zephyrs ⓘ
Don Nelson → draftedBy → Chicago Zephyrs ⓘ
Don Nelson → playedFor → Chicago Zephyrs ⓘ
Chicago Packers → successor → Chicago Zephyrs ⓘ
Chicago Packers → franchiseContinuedAs → Chicago Zephyrs ⓘ
Walter Jones Bellamy → memberOfSportsTeam → Chicago Zephyrs ⓘ
Donald Arvid Nelson → memberOfSportsTeam → Chicago Zephyrs ⓘ
Chicago Amphitheatre → tenant → Chicago Zephyrs ⓘ