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Oakland Oaks Team History

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  • 1967
  • 1969
  • Oaks 68-69 Road Team

    Oaks Team Formation

    On February 2, 1967, pop singer Pat Boone, S. Kenneth Davidson, and Dennis A. Murphy (who would later co-found the World Hockey Association) were awarded a team in exchange for $30,000. An earlier Oakland Oaks basketball team played in the American Basketball League in 1962, along with a baseball team that had played for nearly a half-century in Oakland, with ...
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    ABA Championship 1969 – Oakland Oaks

    The road to the championship was led by pioneering owner, S. Kenneth Davidson, who aggressively pursued top NBA talent Rick Barry and head coach Alex Hannum, signing them for an unprecedented $85,000 per year. His efforts drove a historic turnaround, from the last place to first in one year. Unfortunately for Barry, he tore ligaments in his knee after colliding ...
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The Oakland Oaks were a charter member of the original American Basketball Association. Formed in February 1967 as the Oakland Americans, the team changed its name to the Oaks prior to play that fall.





Established
1967

City
Oakland – Washington D.C. – Norfolk

League History
1967 – 1976 / American Basketball Association

Team History
1970 – 1976 / Virginia Squires
1969 – 1970 / Washington Caps
1967 – 1969 / Oakland Oaks

Nickname
Oaks – Boone tries to change the team nickname to the “Jacks” (after former Oakland resident Jack London), but instead the nickname is changed to “Oaks” (the name of Oakland’s former Pacific Coast League baseball team).

Championship
ABA Championships 1
1969

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*Virginia*
1971 – 1976 / Norfolk Scope
1970 – 1976 / Hampton Coliseum
1970 – 1976 / Richmond Coliseum
1971 – 1976 / Roanoke Civic Center

*Washington D.C.*
1969 – 1970 / Washington Coliseum

*Oakland*
1967 – 1969 / Oakland Arena

Owner
1970 – 1976 / Earl Foreman
1967 – 1969 / Pat Boone

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Coaches
1975 – 1976 / Bill Musselman
1970 – 1975 / Al Bianchi
1968 – 1969 / Alex Hannum
1967 – 1968 / Bruce Hale

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