Detroit Falcons | |
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Division | Western Division |
Founded | 1946 |
History | Detroit Falcons 1946–1947 |
Arena | Detroit Olympia |
Location | Detroit, Michigan |
Head coach |
Glenn M. Curtis (12–22) Philip Sachs (8–18) |
Championships | None |
Division titles | None |
The Detroit Falcons were a professional basketball team based in Detroit. It played in the 1946–47 season in Basketball Association of America, a predecessor organization to the National Basketball Association. The team folded after one season, leaving the Motor City without a professional basketball team until a decade later, when the Fort Wayne Pistons moved there.
The Falcons played only in the inaugural season of the BAA and finished 4th in the Western Division with a 20–40 record, 18½ games out of first place. Center–forward Stan Miasek was the team's star, scoring 895 points (14.9 points per game) and making the BAA's First Team that year.