Kentucky Colonels

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Kentucky Colonels
First Season
1967-68
Team History
Kentucky Colonels (1967-76)
Conference/Division
American Basketball Association (1967-76)
  • Eastern Division (1967-75)
Venue
Freedom Hall (1970-76)
Louisville Convention Center (1967-70)
Key People
Players • Head Coaches • Executives


The Kentucky Colonels were a member of the American Basketball Association for all of the league's nine years. The Colonels won the most games and had the highest winning percentage of any franchise in the league's history, but the team did not join the NBA in the 1976 ABA-NBA merger.

Publications

Home programs by season

Season/Date Type Opponent Venue
1970s
1970-71 Postseason The Floridians Freedom Hall
1975-76 Postseason Denver Nuggets Freedom Hall

Media guides and yearbooks by season

Media guides

1960s 1968-69
1970s 1973-74 • 1974-75

Yearbooks

1970s 1971-72 • 1972-73

Seasons

Kentucky Colonels publications by season
1967-68 • 1968-69 • 1969-70 • 1970-71 • 1971-72 • 1972-73 • 1973-74 • 1974-75 • 1975-76


Head Coaches

Kentucky Colonels head coaches
John Givens (1967) • Gene Rhodes (1967-70) • Alex Groza* (1970) • Frank Ramsey (1970-71) • Joe Mullaney (1971-73) • Babe McCarthy (1973-74) • Hubie Brown (1974-76)

*interim head coach


American Basketball Association
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Seasons 1967-68 • 1968-69 • 1969-70 • 1970-71 • 1971-72 • 1972-73 • 1973-74 • 1974-75 • 1975-76
Venues Civic Arena • Dallas Memorial Auditorium • Denver Auditorium Arena • Freedom Hall • Golden Hall • Hampton Roads Coliseum • Island Garden • Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum • Long Island Arena • Louisville Convention Center • Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena • McNichols Sports Arena • Metropolitan Sports Center • Mid-South Coliseum • Moody Coliseum • Salt Palace • St. Louis Arena • Tarrant County Convention Center • Teaneck Armory
Related Gary Davidson • ABA All-Star Games • Cage Stars


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