1967–68 Anaheim Amigos season

1967–68 Anaheim Amigos season
Head coach	Al Brightman (12–24) Harry Dinnel (13–29)
Arena	Anaheim Convention Center
Results
Record	25–53 (.321)
Place	Division: 5th (ABA)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify

The 1967–68 Anaheim Amigos season was the first and only season of the franchise in the American Basketball Association (ABA). On February 2, 1967, a charter franchise in Anaheim, California was awarded to Art Kim and James Ackerman for $30,000. They participated in the first ever ABA game, losing 134-129 to the Oakland Oaks. The team ended up losing their first five games of the season, winning their first game 13 days later. The team only played 12 games at home in the calendar year of 1967, while playing on the road (or at a neutral site) for the other 25. The team failed to garner much interest from the locale, along with having to deal with working around the Convention Center's busy schedule due to being across the street from Disneyland. ^[1] Three of the home games for the Amigos were played in Honolulu, Hawaii. The team lost $500,000 over the course of the season. ^[2] They led the league in turnovers with 1,516, averaging over 19 a game, with the highest being 36 against the Denver Rockets. ^[3]

After the Amigos lost on December 27th, Harry Dinnel took over as coach before they played the next day on the 28th. The team never won more than three games in a row, with their highest winning streak being 2 games, which they did 7 times. From January 7th to January 21st, they lost 8 straight games. ^[4] After the season, the team moved to Los Angeles to become the Los Angeles Stars. Jim Hardy, the newly hired general manager for the Stars stated that "This is a brand-new franchise. We will have new players, new uniforms, new management, as well as a new home. The Amigos have been buried, and we burned their uniforms after the final game."

Roster

30 Bill Allen - Center
22 Bob Bedell - Power forward
52 Larry Bunce - Center
14/20/34 Steve Chubin - Shooting guard
10 Jeffrey Congdon - Point guard
14 Bill Crow - Guard
30-44 Warren Davis - Power forward
34 Harry Dinnel - Forward / Guard
24 John Fairchild - Small forward
42 Bill Garner - Center
32 Steven Kramer - Shooting guard
Dick Lee - Forward (Public relations worker turned player for the last two games of the season due to injuries)
50 Larry Moore - Forward
50 Paul Scranton - Forward
12 Les Selvage - Point guard
Bob Sims - Shooting guard
44 Randy Stoll - Power forward
10 Willis Thomas - Shooting guard
34/50 Herschell Turner - Point guard
40 Ben Warley - Small forward

Final standings

Western Division


Team	W	L	PCT.	GB
New Orleans Buccaneers	48	30	.615	–
Dallas Chaparrals	46	32	.590	2
Denver Rockets	45	33	.577	3
Houston Mavericks	29	49	.372	19
Anaheim Amigos	25	53	.321	23
Oakland Oaks	22	56	.282	26

Awards and honors

1968 ABA All-Star Game selections (game played on January 9, 1968)

References

External links

1967–68 ABA season by team

Eastern Division	Kentucky Colonels Minnesota Muskies New Jersey Americans Pittsburgh Pipers Indiana Pacers

Western Division	Dallas Chaparrals Denver Rockets Anaheim Amigos Houston Mavericks Oakland Oaks New Orleans Buccaneers

Other	1967 ABA Draft 1968 ABA Finals

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