How long were the hawks in St Louis?

13 seasons
This team is now known as the Atlanta Hawks. While in St. Louis, they played a total of 13 seasons between 1956 and 1968.

Who did the Chicago Stags become?

After just two seasons the team packed up and moved to the Washington DC area and became the Bullets. Chicago would get its last NBA team in 1966 with the Bulls. The Bulls have been the most successful team winning six NBA championships in the 1990s.

What happened to the St. Louis Hawks?

The St. Louis Hawks were a first-place NBA team in 1968, but they were also-rans in the hearts of hometown sports fans. On May 3, 1968, club owner Ben Kerner sold the Hawks to a group that moved them to Atlanta. The departure occurred 10 years after the franchise won its only NBA championship in 1958.

Did St Louis ever have a basketball team?

St. Louis was home to two National Basketball Association (NBA) teams, the St. Louis Bombers (1949–50) and the St. Louis Hawks (1955–1968), who won the NBA Title in 1958, and also to the American Basketball Association (ABA)’s Spirits of St.

Did the St. Louis Hawks ever won the NBA championship?

It pitted the Western Division champion St. Louis Hawks against the Eastern Division champion Boston Celtics. The Hawks won the series in six games to win the franchise’s first and only NBA title.

What team is the Chicago Stags now?

The Chicago Bulls
Aftermath. The Chicago Bulls, the city’s current NBA team, wore replicas of the 1946 Stags uniforms during the 2005–06 NBA season as part of the NBA’s “Hardwood Classics” program (they wore them on December 5, 2005, February 22, 2006 and April 16, 2006).

What was the first ever NBA team?

On November 1, 1946, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, the Toronto Huskies hosted the New York Knickerbockers at Maple Leaf Gardens, in a game the NBA now refers to as the first game played in NBA history.