Wilkes-Barre Barons
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Wilkes-Barre Barons
Founded 1914
League EPBL
Continental Basketball Association
The Continental Basketball Association was a professional men's basketball league in the United States, which has been on hiatus since the 2009 season.- History :...

 1946-1947

ABL
American Basketball League (1925-1955)
The American Basketball League was an early professional basketball league. During six seasons from 1925-26 to 1930-31, the ABL was the first attempt to create a major professional basketball league in the United States...

 1947-1953

EPBL
Continental Basketball Association
The Continental Basketball Association was a professional men's basketball league in the United States, which has been on hiatus since the 2009 season.- History :...

, 1954-1970

EBA
Continental Basketball Association
The Continental Basketball Association was a professional men's basketball league in the United States, which has been on hiatus since the 2009 season.- History :...

, 1954-1978
Arena Kingston Armory
Team History Wilkes-Barre Barons
1914-1978
Championships Pennsylvania State League 1916

American Basketball League 1948, 1949, 1952

Eastern Professional Basketball League 1947, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1969

Eastern Basketball Association 1973

Continental Basketball Association 1978
Division Titles Several
Head Coach Included Eddie White (team owner and founder)

The Wilkes-Barre Barons were a legendary basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

 team from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
Wilkes-Barre is a city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, the county seat of Luzerne County. It is at the center of the Wyoming Valley area and is one of the principal cities in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area, which had a population of 563,631 as of the 2010 Census...

.

The Barons played between 1933 and 1972 in different American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 leagues
Sports league
League is a term commonly used to describe a group of sports teams or individual athletes that compete against each other in a specific sport. At its simplest, it may be a local group of amateur athletes who form teams among themselves and compete on weekends; at its most complex, it can be an...

. The team won 11 titles during this time, and the most memorable are those were won while playing in the American Basketball League
American Basketball League (1925-1955)
The American Basketball League was an early professional basketball league. During six seasons from 1925-26 to 1930-31, the ABL was the first attempt to create a major professional basketball league in the United States...

 and the Continental Basketball Association
Continental Basketball Association
The Continental Basketball Association was a professional men's basketball league in the United States, which has been on hiatus since the 2009 season.- History :...

. The team was dissolved in 1973. The team was owned and coached by Eddie White, Sr. They played in the Kingston Armory, as well as Kings College and Coughlin High School, in their latter years.

Wilkes-Barre Barons (ABL) I

The Wilkes-Barre Barons were an American basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

 team based in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
Wilkes-Barre is a city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, the county seat of Luzerne County. It is at the center of the Wyoming Valley area and is one of the principal cities in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area, which had a population of 563,631 as of the 2010 Census...

 that was a member of the American Basketball League
American Basketball League (1925-1955)
The American Basketball League was an early professional basketball league. During six seasons from 1925-26 to 1930-31, the ABL was the first attempt to create a major professional basketball league in the United States...

.

During the 1939/40 season, the team dropped out of the league on February 2, 1940.

Year-by-year

Year League Reg. Season Playoffs
1938/39 ABL 5th Did not qualify
1939/40 ABL 6th N/A

Wilkes-Barre Barons (ABL) II

The Wilkes-Barre Barons were an American basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

 team based in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
Wilkes-Barre is a city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, the county seat of Luzerne County. It is at the center of the Wyoming Valley area and is one of the principal cities in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area, which had a population of 563,631 as of the 2010 Census...

 that was a member of the Eastern Pennsylvania Basketball League
Continental Basketball Association
The Continental Basketball Association was a professional men's basketball league in the United States, which has been on hiatus since the 2009 season.- History :...

 and the American Basketball League
American Basketball League (1925-1955)
The American Basketball League was an early professional basketball league. During six seasons from 1925-26 to 1930-31, the ABL was the first attempt to create a major professional basketball league in the United States...

. The franchise was one of six original teams in the EPBL, and won the 1946-1947 President's Cup playoffs that season before moving to the American Basketball League. In 1955, the Barons returned to the Eastern League, and won seven more championships between 1955 and 1978.

Year-by-year

Year League Reg. Season Playoffs
1946/47 EPBL 1st Champion
1947/48 ABL 1st Champion
1948/49 ABL 1st Champion
1949/50 ABL 3rd Playoffs
1950/51 ABL 2nd No playoff
1951/52 ABL 3rd Champion
1952/53 ABL 2nd Finals
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