The Philadelphia Sphas, also stylized SPHAs or SPHAS, were an American basketball franchise that existed in professional, semi-professional, and exhibition... 10 KB (1,261 words) - 02:23, 19 April 2023 |
The Philadelphia Sphas were an American professional basketball team active from 1917 to 1959. Throughout the team's tenure, they played in many ramshackle... 8 KB (116 words) - 00:36, 15 August 2019 |
the Sphas' 4th season in the American League of Philadelphia. Game-by-game records are not available for this season. Stark, Douglas. The SPHAS: The... 2 KB (47 words) - 02:27, 23 August 2022 |
The 1923–24 season was the second played by the Sphas in the Philadelphia League. This season marked some notable firsts for the team, including their... 2 KB (68 words) - 02:28, 23 August 2022 |
become the Philadelphia Sphas. Playing in the minor-league American Basketball League of Philadelphia, the team was known as Philadelphia YMHA, as they... 1 KB (77 words) - 09:45, 2 May 2023 |
the Sphas finished with a total record over .500. Stark, Douglas. The SPHAS: The Life and Times of Basketball's Greatest Jewish Team. Philadelphia: Temple... 2 KB (72 words) - 09:27, 12 June 2023 |
the Sphas (they competed the previous year as Philadelphia YMHA), and the team's second season in the minor-league American League of Philadelphia. Game-by-game... 2 KB (67 words) - 02:29, 23 August 2022 |
were borne out of the Philadelphia SPHAs, (South Philadelphia Hebrew Association) and headed up by Eddie Gottlieb, a Philadelphia native who tried, through... 3 KB (357 words) - 00:15, 17 July 2023 |
The 1922–23 season was the first season played by the Sphas in the Philadelphia League, and the only season played by the team in the Manufacturer's League... 3 KB (120 words) - 02:28, 23 August 2022 |
the early professional and semi-professional basketball team, the Philadelphia Sphas. Some of the names in this list are incomplete. Contents: Top 0–9... 5 KB (595 words) - 21:25, 16 March 2023 |
the Sphas later won the league championship with a 4-2 series victory over the Trenton Moose. The Sphas were also referred to as the Philadelphia Hebrews... 5 KB (159 words) - 07:31, 8 March 2024 |
1921–22 season was the fifth and final season the Sphas played in the American League of Philadelphia, as the league disbanded before the schedule was... 2 KB (80 words) - 02:28, 23 August 2022 |
Ossie Schectman (category Philadelphia Sphas players) LIU, Schectman played for Eddie Gottlieb's Philadelphia Sphas in the American Basketball League. The Sphas joined the ABL in 1933 and won the league championship... 9 KB (636 words) - 14:56, 2 April 2024 |
Eddie Gottlieb (category Philadelphia Sphas) league. The SPHAs won five of six games against ABL teams in 1925–26, losing only to the league's top club, the Cleveland Rosenblums. The SPHAs then defeated... 18 KB (2,301 words) - 01:26, 24 March 2024 |
Jackaways for the 2nd half of 1934/35 to become the New Britain Mules) Philadelphia SPHAs (1933/34–48/49, also known as the Hebrews) Trenton Moose (1933/34)... 22 KB (2,289 words) - 22:48, 10 April 2024 |
were created in 1952 by Louis "Red" Klotz, a former player for the Philadelphia Sphas, a former ABL team that became one of the Globetrotters' exhibition... 16 KB (1,501 words) - 05:39, 9 April 2024 |
Red Klotz (category Philadelphia Sphas players) an exhibition game, the Sphas defeated the Harlem Globetrotters , Klotz's first game against them. He played with the Sphas until 1947. Klotz played... 12 KB (1,019 words) - 03:46, 5 April 2024 |
Tel Aviv Ralph Kaplowitz, All American, NYU; guard, Philadelphia Sphas, New York Knicks, Philadelphia Warriors. Started in the first NBA/BAA game (Knicks... 114 KB (9,342 words) - 06:00, 23 April 2024 |
Thomas Barlow (basketball) (category Philadelphia Sphas players) basketball player. He is mostly known for his time with the Philadelphia Sphas and Philadelphia Warriors of the ABL (1926–32). He was inducted into the Naismith... 2 KB (82 words) - 15:39, 14 November 2021 |
History of the Golden State Warriors (redirect from Philadelphia Warriors) Association of South Philadelphia and played in the minor league American League of Philadelphia, before being renamed the Philadelphia Sphas (1918–1921, 1922–1926... 65 KB (9,561 words) - 13:04, 27 April 2024 |
The Philadelphia Arena was an auditorium used mainly for sporting events located at 46th and Market Streets in West Philadelphia. The address of the building... 11 KB (1,045 words) - 00:26, 24 March 2024 |
 | championship. Similarly, The Philadelphia Sphas basketball team in Philadelphia (whose name was an acronym of its founding South Philadelphia Hebrew Association)... 47 KB (5,344 words) - 01:00, 24 April 2024 |
over the Philadelphia Sphas and their only BAA/NBA championship that they won with a 4–2 series win over the defending champion Philadelphia Warriors... 17 KB (300 words) - 04:51, 25 August 2023 |
Stan Brown SF United States South Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) (HS Jr.) Philadelphia Sphas (ABL) Philadelphia Sphas (ABL) John Chaney SG/SF United States... 208 KB (1,102 words) - 16:31, 7 April 2024 |
 | ABL ceased to be a major league, and the Sphas became the touring opponent of the Harlem Globetrotters. The Sphas were renamed the Washington Generals in... 149 KB (14,834 words) - 18:45, 24 April 2024 |
tournament in 1939, but lost their only game. Another well-known team, the Philadelphia Sphas, had a win and a loss in their only appearance, in 1941 . 1st Place:... 18 KB (1,372 words) - 02:18, 22 January 2024 |
Stan Brown (basketball) (category Philadelphia Sphas players) junior at South Philadelphia High School, Brown signed with Philadelphia Sphas in October 1946. He made his professional debut with the Sphas on October 26... 5 KB (193 words) - 17:28, 29 August 2022 |
 | Harry Litwack (category Philadelphia Sphas players) Philadelphia Sphas, from 1930 to 1936. Before he became head coach at Temple in 1952, he also served briefly as assistant coach for the Philadelphia Warriors... 11 KB (249 words) - 15:03, 25 March 2024 |
Gottlieb with Philadelphia SPHAS and Warriors Known as basketball's first enforcer 1982 Hal Greer G consistent star scorer for the Philadelphia 76ers, NBA... 196 KB (4,646 words) - 15:21, 19 April 2024 |
 | part by sports promoter Eddie Gottlieb who also owned the Philadelphia Sphas and Philadelphia Warriors basketball teams. Gottlieb leased Penmar Park from... 18 KB (2,082 words) - 23:35, 21 April 2024 |