following are the basketball events of the year 1939 throughout the world. March 22 – Undefeated LIU tops undefeated Loyola of Chicago in the championship...
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The 1939 NCAA basketball tournament involved eight schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship...
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The 1939 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1939, was the third FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA...
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The Latvia men's national basketball team (Latvian: Latvijas basketbola izlase) represents Latvia in international basketball. They are organized and run...
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1939 January February March April May June July August September October November December Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1939. 1939 (MCMXXXIX)...
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first Indiana Mr. Basketball was George Crowe of Franklin High School in 1939. The Indiana Mr. Basketball award is the oldest such award in the nation, predating...
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CB Canarias (redirect from CB 1939 Canarias roster)
Base 1939 Canarias S.A.D., commonly known as CB Canarias and known as La Laguna Tenerife for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball team that...
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Basketball began with its invention in 1891 in Springfield, Massachusetts, by Canadian physical education instructor James Naismith as a less injury-prone...
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James Naismith (redirect from Jim Naismith (basketball))
basketball. After moving to the United States, he wrote the original basketball rule book and founded the University of Kansas basketball program in 1898...
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The 1939 NAIA basketball tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 3rd annual NAIA basketball tournament featured...
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The 1939 South American Basketball Championship was the 7th edition of this tournament. It was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and won by the host, Brazil...
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tournaments prior to World War II, in 1937 and 1939. The 1939 team was led by Frank Lubin, who helped popularize basketball in the country and was called the...
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The Clemson Tigers men's basketball teams of 1930–1939 represented Clemson Agricultural College in NCAA college basketball competition. Some games were...
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American long jumper Dick Bavetta (born 1939), American professional basketball referee for the National Basketball Association Dick Butkus (1942–2023),...
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season summary". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved June 26, 2019. "1939–40 NBL season summary". basketball-reference.com. Sports...
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Dick Bavetta (category 1939 births)
December 10, 1939) is an American retired professional basketball referee for the National Basketball Association (NBA). He debuted in the league in 1975 and...
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Buckeyes men's basketball team represented Ohio State University as a member of the Big Ten Conference during the 1938–39 NCAA men's basketball season. The...
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The 1939–40 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team represented the College of William & Mary in intercollegiate basketball during the 1939–40 season...
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The 1939–40 Duquesne Dukes men's basketball team represented Duquesne University during the 1939–40 NCAA men's basketball season. The Dukes were led by...
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Golden Gate International Exposition (redirect from Golden Gate Exposition (1939))
Bay Bridge opened in 1936 and the Golden Gate Bridge in 1937. The exposition opened from February 18, 1939, through October 29, 1939, and from May 25,...
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In Germany, a national domestic basketball championship was first organised in 1939, and it was won by LSV Spandau. By 1944, almost all basketball activity...
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1978), American professional poker player Shimon Mizrahi (born 1939), Israeli basketball executive, Israel Prize recipient Sylvain Mizrahi (1951-2021)...
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The 1939–1940 New York World's Fair was a world's fair at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York City, United States. It was the second-most...
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Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary...
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The Estonia men's national basketball team (Estonian: Eesti korvpallikoondis) represents Estonia in international basketball matches. They are controlled...
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The 1939–40 Western Kentucky State Teachers Hilltoppers men's basketball team represented Western Kentucky State Normal School and Teachers College (now...
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The 1939 NCAA Basketball Championship Game was the final of the 1939 NCAA basketball tournament and the first NCAA tournament title game. The contest was...
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History of Texas Basketball. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1998. ISBN 0-292-76585-1. McConnell, Scott. 2006–07 Texas Basketball Media Guide. Austin:...
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Walt Bellamy (category Olympic gold medalists for the United States in basketball)
Walter Jones Bellamy (July 24, 1939 – November 2, 2013) was an American professional basketball player. A four-time NBA All-Star, he was inducted into...
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Hobson, Oregon won the first NCAA men's basketball national championship in 1939. They again reached the Final Four in 2017 under head coach Dana Altman, marking...
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