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Pacific Coast Professional Basketball League

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The Pacific Coast Professional Basketball League was a professional basketball league with teams from the Pacific Northwest in the United States and Canada. The league existed for two seasons: 1946-47 and 1947-48.

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Teams

Three teams played in both seasons:

  • Bellingham Fircrests
  • Portland Indians
  • Vancouver Hornets
  • These teams played in the 1946-47 season, but dropped out for the 1947-48 season:

  • Salem Trailblazers
  • Seattle Blue Devils
  • Spokane Orphans
  • Yakima Ramblers
  • These teams joined the league for the 1947-48 season:

  • Astoria Royal Chinooks
  • Seattle Athletics
  • Tacoma Mountaineers
  • Champions

  • 1946-47: Bellingham Fircrests won round robin playoffs; chose not to play in World Professional Basketball Tournament, so runner-up Portland Indians went instead, losing to the Sheboygan Redskins in the first round.
  • 1947-48: Portland Indians defeated Seattle Athletics 3 games to 1. (The fourth game was disallowed after a timekeeping error and replayed two days later with Portland winning 76–74).
  • Notable players

  • George (Porky) Andrews
  • Gale Bishop
  • Norm Baker
  • Al Brightman
  • Boody Gilbertson
  • Noble Jorgensen
  • John Mandic
  • Ken Suesens
  • Urgel (Slim) Wintermute
  • References

    Pacific Coast Professional Basketball League Wikipedia