History of the Hawks

The Milwaukee Hawks are a professional basketball team that has been part of the National Basketball Association (NBA) since 1951. The franchise began in 1946 as the Tri-Cities Blackhawks, based in Moline, Illinois. In 1951, they moved to Milwaukee and became known as the Hawks. Since then, they have experienced both highs and lows throughout their history with some memorable moments along the way.

In the 1955-56 season under head coach Red Holzman led by Bob Pettit's 25 points per game average and Cliff Hagan's 24-point average helped propel them to an NBA Championship title over Bill Russell’s Boston Celtics 4 games to 3 on April 16th, 1956 at Boston Garden for their first ever championship win after 8 years of trying. This was one of the greatest moments in Hawk’s history which is fondly remembered by fans even today!

Over time, however, fortunes changed drastically for this once proud franchise culminating with relocation from Wisconsin back to St Louis Missouri where it had originally started out before moving into Wisconsin all those many years ago. After two seasons there, the owners decided to move yet again this time permanently settling down in Atlanta Georgia where it currently resides now playing its home games at State Farm Arena right next door Philips arena was formerly known as Phillips Center or Omni center when first opened up back 1993. Even though much has changed over these past many decades, one thing remains true: That being no matter what city or state its members play for, this team still carries the same name that proudly represented the people of Wisconsin so long ago.