Chicago American Gears
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The Chicago American Gears were a National Basketball League
team who played from 1944 to 1947.
Led by George Mikan
and Bobby McDermott
, they defeated the Rochester Royals
to win the 1947 NBL Championship.
National Basketball League (United States)
Founded in 1937, the National Basketball League, often abbreviated to NBL, was a professional men's basketball league in the United States. The league would later merge with the Basketball Association of America to form the National Basketball Association in 1949.- League history :The...
team who played from 1944 to 1947.
Led by George Mikan
George Mikan
George Lawrence Mikan, Jr. , nicknamed Mr. Basketball, was an American professional basketball player for the Chicago American Gears of the National Basketball League and the Minneapolis Lakers of the NBL, the Basketball Association of America and the National Basketball Association...
and Bobby McDermott
Bobby McDermott
Robert "Bobby" McDermott was an American professional basketball player, in the 1930s and 1940s....
, they defeated the Rochester Royals
Sacramento Kings
The Sacramento Kings are a professional basketball team based in Sacramento, California, United States. They are currently members of the Western Conference of the National Basketball Association...
to win the 1947 NBL Championship.