National Industrial Basketball League

The National Industrial Basketball League was founded in 1947, to enable mill workers a chance to compete in basketball. The league was founded out of the teams that did not join the newly formed NBA. In 1961 the league reorganized changing sponsorship from industrial companies and became the National AAU Basketball League (NABL).

The Phillips 66ers won the league championship in 11 of the league’s 14 seasons.

Teams

• Akron Goodyear Wingfoots/Akron Goodyears
• Artesia REA Travelers
• Bartlesville Phillips 66ers
• Cleveland Sweeny Pipers/Cleveland Pipers
• Dayton Air-Gems
• Dayton Industrials
• Denver Central Bankers
• Denver Chevvies
• Denver Truckers
• Fort Wayne General Electrics
• Houston Ada Oilers
• Kansas City Kaycees
• Los Angeles Fibber McGee & Mollys
• Los Angeles Kirby's Shoes
• Milwaukee Allen-Bradleys
• Milwaukee Harnischfegers
• New York Tuck Tapers
• Oakland Blue 'n Gold Atlas
• Oakland Pacific Engineers
• Peoria Caterpillars
• San Francisco Investors
• San Francisco Stewart Chevrolets
• Santa Maria Golden Dukes
• Seattle Buchan Bakers
• Wichita Vickers

Trivia

• John B. McLendon was the league's first black coach.
• George Steinbrenner, former New York Yankees owner, bought the Cleveland Pipers in 1960.
• Bobby Plump played for the Bartlesville Phillips 66ers/Bartlesville Oilers for three seasons, including their NIBL Championship in 1960.

Standings

1947-1948 Season
Team Name	Wins	Losses	Win Pct
Milwaukee Harnischfegers	8	0	1
Peoria Cats	5	3	0.625
Milwaukee Allen-Bradleys	4	4	0.5
Akron Goodyear Wingfoots	3	5	0.375
Fort Wayne General Electrics	0	8	0

1948-1949 Season
Team Name	Wins	Losses	Win Pct
Bartlesville Phillips 66ers	15	1	0.938
Denver Chevvies	11	5	0.688
Peoria Cats	8	8	0.5
Akron Goodyear Wingfoots	4	12	0.25
Milwaukee Allen-Bradleys	2	14	0.125

1949-1950 Season
Team Name	Wins	Losses	Win Pct
Bartlesville Phillips 66ers	9	1	0.9
Peoria Cats	7	3	0.7
Denver Chevvies	5	5	0.5
Akron Goodyear Wingfoots	3	7	0.3
Dayton Industrialists	3	7	0.3
Milwaukee Allen-Bradleys	2	14	0.125

1950-1951 Season
Team Name	Wins	Losses	Win Pct
Bartlesville Phillips 66ers	22	3	0.888
Oakland Blue 'n Gold Atlas	11	6	0.647
San Francisco Stewart Chevrolets	12	8	0.6
Peoria Cats	15	13	0.538
Akron Goodyear Wingfoots	5	8	0.385
Dayton Air Gems	5	12	0.294
Denver Chevvies	5	14	0.263
Milwaukee Allen-Bradleys	1	12	0.077

1951-1952 Season
Team Name	Wins	Losses	Win Pct
Bartlesville Phillips 66ers	17	5	0.773
Oakland Atlas-Pacific Engineers	16	6	0.727
San Francisco Stewart Chevrolets	16	6	0.727
Peoria Cats	13	9	0.591
Akron Goodyear Wingfoots	12	10	0.545
Los Angeles Fibber McGee & Mollys	9	13	0.409
Artesia REA Travelers	9	13	0.409
Denver Central Bankers	8	14	0.364
Santa Maria Golden Dukes	8	14	0.364
Dayton Air-Gems	7	15	0.318
Milwaukee Allen-Bradleys	5	17	0.227

1952-1953 Season
Team Name	Wins	Losses	Win Pct
Bartlesville Phillips 66ers	13	3	0.812
Peoria Cats	12	4	0.75
Santa Maria Golden Dukes	10	6	0.625
Akron Goodyear Wingfoots	9	7	0.562
Houston Ada Oilers	8	8	0.5
Los Angeles Kirby's Shoes	7	9	0.438
Denver Central Bankers	6	10	0.375
Milwaukee Allen-Bradleys	5	11	0.312
Artesia REA Travelers	2	14	0.125

1953-1954 Season
Team Name	Wins	Losses	Win Pct
Bartlesville Phillips 66ers	10	4	0.714
Peoria Cats	10	4	0.714
Akron Goodyear Wingfoots	9	5	0.643
Denver Central Bankers	9	5	0.643
Santa Maria Golden Dukes	7	7	0.5
Artesia CVE Travelers	4	10	0.286
Houston Ada Oilers	4	10	0.286
Milwaukee Allen-Bradleys	3	11	0.214

1954-1955 Season
Team Name	Wins	Losses	Win Pct
Bartlesville Phillips 66ers	19	5	0.792
Peoria Cats	16	8	0.667
Denver Central Bankers	12	12	0.5
Houston Ada Oilers	12	12	0.5
Milwaukee Allen-Bradleys	10	14	0.417
Artesia CVE Travelers	8	16	0.333
Akron CVE Travelers	7	17	0.292

1955-1956 Season
Team Name	Wins	Losses	Win Pct
Bartlesville Phillips 66ers	16	8	0.667
Peoria Cats	15	9	0.625
Wichita Vickers	15	9	0.625
Akron Goodyear Wingfoots	9	15	0.375
Milwaukee Allen-Bradleys	5	19	0.208

1956-1957 Season
Team Name	Wins	Losses	Win Pct
Bartlesville Phillips 66ers	13	7	0.65
Akron Goodyear Wingfoots	11	9	0.55
Denver Denver-Chicago Truckers	11	9	0.55
Peoria Cats	11	9	0.55
Wichita Vickers	11	9	0.55
Milwaukee Allen-Bradleys	3	17	0.15

1957-1958 Season
Team Name	Wins	Losses	Win Pct
Bartlesville Phillips 66ers	21	9	0.7
Wichita Vickers	21	9	0.7
Denver Denver-Chicago Truckers	16	14	0.533
Akron Goodyear Wingfoots	15	15	0.5
Peoria Cats	15	15	0.5
Kansas City Kaycees	2	28	0.064

1958-1959 Season
Team Name	Wins	Losses	Win Pct
Denver Denver-Chicago Truckers	21	9	0.7
Wichita Vickers	19	11	0.633
Bartlesville Phillips 66ers	15	15	0.5
Akron Goodyear Wingfoots	13	17	0.433
Peoria Cats	12	18	0.4
Seattle Buchan Bakers	10	20	0.333

1959-1960 Season
Team Name	Wins	Losses	Win Pct
Bartlesville Phillips 66ers	24	8	0.75
Wichita Vickers	22	10	0.688
Akron Goodyear Wingfoots	18	14	0.563
Cleveland Sweeny Pipers	16	16	0.5
Peoria Cats	16	16	0.5
San Francisco Investors	15	17	0.469
Seattle Buchan Bakers	14	18	0.438
Denver Denver-Chicago Truckers	12	20	0.375
New York Tuck Tapers	7	25	0.219

1960-1961 Season
Team Name	Wins	Losses	Win Pct
Eastern Division
Cleveland Pipers	24	10	0.706
Akron Goodyears	15	19	0.441
New York Tuck Tapers	15	19	0.441
Western Division
Denver Denver-Chicago Truckers	22	12	0.647
Bartlesville Phillips 66ers	16	18	0.471
Seattle Buchan Bakers	10	24	0.294
Playoffs
Championship Game		Cleveland 136, Denver 100
Consolation Game		Bartlesville 114, Akron 112

External links

• History of the Amateur Athletic Union

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