Tri-Cities Blackhawks

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basketball team defunct National Basketball Association team

The Tri-Cities Blackhawks were an early NBA franchise based in the Quad Cities region that later became the Atlanta Hawks.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Tri-Cities Blackhawks canonical	23
Buffalo Bisons–Tri-Cities Blackhawks–Milwaukee Hawks–St. Louis Hawks–Atlanta Hawks	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	basketball team ⓘ defunct National Basketball Association team ⓘ
basedInRegion	Midwestern United States ⓘ
category	Atlanta Hawks history ⓘ Defunct basketball teams in the United States ⓘ
competitionLevel	professional ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dissolved	1951 ⓘ
division	Western Division ⓘ
founded	1946 ⓘ
franchiseLineage	Atlanta Hawks ⓘ surface form: Tri-Cities Blackhawks → Milwaukee Hawks → St. Louis Hawks → Atlanta Hawks
gender	men's team ⓘ
historicalStatus	original NBA franchise ⓘ
homeArena	Wharton Field House ⓘ
homeCity	Moline, Illinois ⓘ
joinedLeague	Basketball Association of America ⓘ National Basketball Association ⓘ National Basketball League (NBL) ⓘ surface form: National Basketball League
joinedLeagueDate	1946 (NBL) ⓘ 1949 (NBA) ⓘ
league	National Basketball Association ⓘ
locatedIn	Davenport, Iowa ⓘ Moline, Illinois ⓘ Quad Cities (Illinois portion) ⓘ surface form: Quad Cities Rock Island, Illinois ⓘ
notableCoach	Red Auerbach ⓘ Red Holzman ⓘ
notablePlayer	Andy Phillip ⓘ Dolph Schayes ⓘ Don Otten ⓘ
originOfName	Quad Cities (Illinois portion) ⓘ surface form: Tri-Cities region of Moline, Rock Island, and Davenport
playedInSeason	1949–50 NBA season ⓘ 1950–51 NBA season ⓘ
predecessor	Buffalo Bisons (NBL) ⓘ
relocatedTo	Milwaukee ⓘ surface form: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
relocationYear	1951 ⓘ
shortName	Chicago Blackhawks ⓘ surface form: Blackhawks
sport	basketball ⓘ
successor	Atlanta Hawks ⓘ Atlanta Hawks ⓘ surface form: Milwaukee Hawks Atlanta Hawks ⓘ surface form: St. Louis Hawks
teamColors	black ⓘ red ⓘ white ⓘ

Referenced by (24)

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

Bob Cousy → NBA_draftTeam → Tri-Cities Blackhawks ⓘ

Red Auerbach → employer → Tri-Cities Blackhawks ⓘ

Red Auerbach → teamCoached → Tri-Cities Blackhawks ⓘ

Atlanta Hawks → formerName → Tri-Cities Blackhawks ⓘ

National Basketball League (NBL) → notableFranchise → Tri-Cities Blackhawks ⓘ

George Nostrand → memberOfSportsTeam → Tri-Cities Blackhawks ⓘ

Red → employer → Tri-Cities Blackhawks ⓘ

subject surface form: Red Auerbach

Red → teamCoached → Tri-Cities Blackhawks ⓘ

subject surface form: Red Auerbach

Johnny Logan → playedFor → Tri-Cities Blackhawks ⓘ

Johnny Logan → memberOfSportsTeam → Tri-Cities Blackhawks ⓘ

Western Division of BAA → hasTeam → Tri-Cities Blackhawks ⓘ

subject surface form: Western Division (BAA)

Western Division of NBA → includedFranchise → Tri-Cities Blackhawks ⓘ

subject surface form: Western Division (NBA)

Buffalo Bisons → successorTeam → Tri-Cities Blackhawks ⓘ

Buffalo Bisons → franchiseLineage → Tri-Cities Blackhawks ⓘ

this entity surface form: Buffalo Bisons–Tri-Cities Blackhawks–Milwaukee Hawks–St. Louis Hawks–Atlanta Hawks

Arnold Jacob Auerbach → coachedTeam → Tri-Cities Blackhawks ⓘ

Buffalo Bisons (NBL) → became → Tri-Cities Blackhawks ⓘ

Buffalo Bisons (NBL) → isPrecursorOf → Tri-Cities Blackhawks ⓘ

Buffalo Bisons (NBL) → franchiseOrigin → Tri-Cities Blackhawks ⓘ

subject surface form: Atlanta Hawks

Wharton Field House → formerHomeArenaOf → Tri-Cities Blackhawks ⓘ

Don Otten → memberOfSportsTeam → Tri-Cities Blackhawks ⓘ

Murray Wier → memberOfSportsTeam → Tri-Cities Blackhawks ⓘ

Murray Wier → employer → Tri-Cities Blackhawks ⓘ

National Basketball League 1946–47 season → hasTeam → Tri-Cities Blackhawks ⓘ

National Basketball League → notableFranchise → Tri-Cities Blackhawks ⓘ