Indianapolis Olympians

Indianapolis Olympians

The Indianapolis Olympians were a National Basketball Association (NBA) team based in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. They were founded in 1949 and folded in 1953. Their home arena was Hinkle Fieldhouse.

Franchise history

The Olympians were founded in 1949 to replace the Indianapolis Jets. The Olympians were led by University of Kentucky alumni Alex Groza and Ralph Beard, both of whom were key contributors on the gold medal winning 1948 US Olympic basketball team. Olympic team members Wallace Jones and Cliff Barker (both also Kentucky alumni) also played on the team. An Olympic alternate and UK grad, Joe Holland, played forward for the Indianapolis team through the 1952 season.

After the 1951 season, Groza and Beard were suspended from the NBA for life by commissioner Maurice Podoloff when the players admitted point shaving during their college careers. The Olympians finished with a 28-43 record in 1953, and folded after that season. The Olympians compiled a 132-137 record in four seasons in the NBA.

The Olympians still hold the distinction of being the winning team in the longest game in NBA history — they were the 75-73 victors in a six-overtime game against the Rochester Royals in a game played on January 6, 1951.

eason-by-season records

-!colspan="6"|Indianapolis Olympians (NBA)

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1949-50 ||39||25||0.609||3-3||Lost Western Division Finals
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1950-51 ||31||37||0.456||1-2||Lost Western Division Semifinals
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1951-52 ||34||32||0.515||0-2||Lost Western Division Semifinals
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1952-53 ||28||43||0.394||0-2||Lost Western Division Semifinals
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Players of note

Basketball Hall of Famers

"None"

Not to be forgotten

*Ralph Beard
*Alex Groza
*Wallace Jones
*Paul Walther
*Kleggie Hermsen

ee also

*List of defunct National Basketball Association teams

External links

* [http://www.basketballreference.com/teams/teampage.htm?tm=INI&lg=n Indianapolis Olympians] - all time records and statistics


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