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Dallas Chaparrals Team History

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Dallas Chaparrals




  • 1967
  • 1973
  • Dallas Chaparrals Program 1967

    Dallas Team Formation

    The Dallas Chaparrals were a charter member of the American Basketball Association. The team’s original owners, unable to agree on a name for the franchise during an early organizational meeting at the Sheraton Dallas Hotel, named it for the Chaparral Club in which they were meeting. The team suffered from poor attendance and general disinterest in Dallas. They were lucky ...
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  • Dallas Chaparrals Pennant 1970

    Sold to San Antonio Businessmen

    While the Chaparrals had been modestly successful on the court, they were sinking financially by their third season, largely because the ownership group refused to spend much money on the team. After missing the playoffs for the first time in their existence in the 1972 – 1973 season, nearly all of the owners wanted out. A group of 36 San ...
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The San Antonio Spurs started out as the Dallas Chaparrals of the original version of the American Basketball Association (ABA). Coached by player/coach Cliff Hagan the Dallas Chaparrals were one of 11 teams to take the floor in the inaugural season of the upstart ABA.hen Kerner sold the franchise to Thomas Cousins and former Georgia Governor Carl Sanders.





Established
1967

City
Dallas – San Antonio

League History
1976 – Present / National Basketball Association
1967 – 1976 / American Basketball Association

Team History
1973 – Present / San Antonio Spurs
1970 – 1971 / Texas Chaparrals
1967 – 1970, 1971 – 1973 / Dallas Chaparrals

Nickname
Chaparrals – The team’s original owners, unable to agree on a name for the franchise during an early organizational meeting at the Sheraton Dallas Hotel, named it for the Chaparral Club in which is where they were meeting.

Championship
NBA Championships 0
2014, 2007, 2005, 2003, 1999
ABA Championships 0

Arena
2005 – Present / AT&T Center
2002 – 2005 / SBC Center
1993 – 2002 / Alamodome
1973 – 1993 / HemisFair Arena

*Fort Worth*
1970 – 1971 / Tarrant County Coliseum

*Lubbock*
1970 – 1971 / Lubbock Municipal Coliseum

*Dallas*
1967 – 1973 / Dallas Memorial Auditorium

Owner
1993 – Present / Peter Holt
1988 – 1993 / Red McCombs
1973 – 1988 / Angelo Drossos
1967 – 1973 / Bob Folsom

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Retired Number
00 / Johnny Moore
6 / Avery Johnson
9 / Tony Parker
12 / Bruce Bowen
13 / James Silas
20 / Manu Ginobili
21 / Tim Duncan
32 / Sean Elliott
44 / George Gervin
50 / David Robinson

*Blue is this team’s history

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