The Chicago American Gears were a National Basketball League (NBL) team who played from 1944 to 1947. The team also played in the Professional Basketball...
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The 1946–47 Chicago American Gears season was the Gears' third year in the United States' National Basketball League (NBL), which was also the tenth year...
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International Amphitheatre (redirect from Chicago International Amphitheatre)
The International Amphitheatre was an indoor arena located in Chicago, Illinois, that opened in 1934 and was demolished in 1999. It was located on the...
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24 3rd Place: Chicago American Gears 65- Baltimore Bullets 50 Chicago American Gears 59- Baltimore Bullets 54 (Chicago American Gears wins series 2 games...
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George Mikan (category Chicago American Gears players)
2005), nicknamed "Mr. Basketball", was an American professional basketball player for the Chicago American Gears of the National Basketball League (NBL)...
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Bobby McDermott (category Chicago American Gears coaches)
during 1946. He took up the same position when he moved to the Chicago Gears. On the Gears, he was teamed with the biggest inside threat in the league,...
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(1940–1941) Chicago American Gears (1945–1947) Flint Dow A.C.'s (1947–1948) Syracuse Nationals (1948–1949) 1,810 165 10.96 675 460 13 Stan Patrick G/F Chicago American...
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Charlie Butler (basketball) (category Chicago American Gears players)
15, 1920 – October 5, 2014) was an American professional basketball player. He played for the Chicago American Gears, Youngstown Bears, and Syracuse Nationals...
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Chemicals 50 21 March - Chicago American Gears 53, Harlem Globetrotters 49 22 March - Dayton Acmes 80, Chicago American Gears 51 22 March - Fort Wayne...
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Bud O'Rourke (category Chicago American Gears players)
1919 – November 24, 2001) was an American professional basketball player. He played for the Chicago American Gears in the National Basketball League...
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began in the 1950s or earlier, e.g. George Mikan played with the Chicago American Gears of the National Basketball League in 1946 (before the NBA draft...
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Bulls' only owner to ever play professional basketball (for the Chicago American Gears). He served as the Bulls' general manager and president in their...
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train. The smaller member of a pair of meshing gears is often called pinion. Most commonly, gears and gear trains can be used to trade torque for rotational...
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m), three-time NCAA "All-American" center from DePaul University in Chicago. As a rookie, he led the Chicago American Gears to the 1947 NBL title, but...
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Basketball League teams, including winning one versus George Mikan’s Chicago American Gears. The Red Devils were considered as an expansion franchise for the...
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included the Chicago Bruins, the Chicago Studebaker Flyers, the Chicago American Gears, the Chicago Stags, the Chicago Majors, and the Chicago Packers (later...
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Dick Klein (basketball) (category Chicago American Gears players)
basketball in Chicago. The American Gears suddenly folded in 1947 due to poor financial decisions by owner Maurice White. Three years later, the Chicago Stags...
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Chet Strumillo (category Chicago American Gears players)
1924 – July 27, 2010) was an American professional basketball player. He appeared in one game for the Chicago American Gears in the National Basketball...
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a racing bicycle. Mick, driving, went 'Oh yeah – Disraeli gears!' meaning derailleur gears ... We all just fell over ... We said that's got to be the...
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Connie Mack Berry (category Chicago American Gears players)
Berry went on to play for the Oshkosh All-Stars (1939–44) and Chicago American Gears (1944–46) of the National Basketball League. Berry played in the...
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John Styler (category Chicago American Gears players)
1923 – February 19, 1999) was an American professional basketball player. He played for the Chicago American Gears and the Indianapolis Kautskys in the...
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George Hogan (basketball) (category Chicago American Gears players)
League for the Hammond Ciesar All-Americans, Chicago Bruins, and Chicago American Gears. He averaged 3.1 points per game for his career. "George Hogan"...
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Chicago American Gears 66 F - Jerry Bush, Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons F - Leroy Edwards, Oshkosh All-Stars C - George Mikan, Chicago American Gears (MVP)...
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Sports in Chicago include many professional sports teams. Chicago is one of eleven U.S. cities to have teams from the five major American professional...
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Jack Tierney (category Chicago American Gears coaches)
independent leagues, as well the American Basketball League to the National Basketball League. A native of Chicago, Illinois, Tierney stayed in the city's...
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Bruce Hale (category Chicago American Gears players)
William Bruce Hale (August 30, 1918 – December 30, 1980) was an American professional basketball player and coach. A 6'1" guard/forward from Medford, Oregon...
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Johnny Orr (basketball, born 1918) (category Chicago American Gears players)
competed as a guard for the Chicago Studebaker Flyers (1942–43), Sheboygan Red Skins (1943–44), and Chicago American Gears (1944–46). In his lone season...
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Stan Patrick (category Chicago American Gears players)
Stanley Augustus Patrick (May 5, 1922 – January 1, 2000) was an American National Basketball Association player. Patrick played collegiate basketball at...
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Jim Zeravich (category Chicago American Gears players)
James Bernard Zeravich (February 17, 1920 – August 16, 1998) was an American professional basketball player. He played for the Syracuse Nationals in the...
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Irv Noren (category Chicago American Gears players)
Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers. He also played for the National Basketball League's Chicago American Gears in 1946–47. Later in...
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