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Fort Wayne, Indiana, is home to three minor league sports teams. These include the Fort Wayne Komets of the ECHL, the Fort Wayne Mad Ants of the NBA G League, and the Fort Wayne TinCaps of baseball's Midwest League.

Fort Wayne has also been home to three former professional sports teams. These include the NBA's Fort Wayne Pistons (now in Detroit), the Fort Wayne Daisies of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, and the Fort Wayne Kekiongas of the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players (an early predecessor to the current MLB).

Intercollegiate sports in the city include Purdue Fort Wayne in the NCAA Division I Summit League as well as NAIA schools Indiana Tech and University of Saint Francis.

History

Fort Wayne has been home to a few sports firsts. On June 2, 1883, Fort Wayne hosted the Quincy Professionals for one of the first lighted baseball games ever recorded.^[1]^[2] Fort Wayne has been credited for being the birthplace of the NBA when Fort Wayne Pistons owner Fred Zollner brokered the merger of the BAA and the NBL in 1949 from his kitchen table.^[1]^[3] Also, on March 10, 1961, Wilt Chamberlain became the first player in the NBA to reach 3,000 points in a single season while competing at Memorial Coliseum.^[1]

Fort Wayne hosted two NBA Finals Games in 1955 and 1956, as well as the third city to host the NBA All-Star Game in 1953.^[4] The Allen County War Memorial Coliseum was also venue to the 2000 NCAA Men's Division I Volleyball Championship matches, in addition to hosting the 2000, 2001, and 2002 Mid-Continent Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments. Fort Wayne also annually hosts the U.S.S.S.A. National and Boys State Championships, held at Spiece Fieldhouse.^[5]

On November 22, 1950, the Fort Wayne Pistons defeated the Minneapolis Lakers with a final score of 19 to 18 in the lowest scoring game in NBA history.^[6]

Fort Wayne was rated the "Best Place in the Country for Minor League Sports" in a 2007 issue of Street & Smith's Sports Business Journal.^[10]

Current sports teams

Former sports teams

Notable natives and former residents

Athletes

Professional baseball

Professional basketball

Professional BMX

Professional football

Professional golf

Professional hockey

Martial arts

Professional soccer

Olympic swimming and diving

Olympic track and field

Professional volleyball

Other notable individuals

The News-Sentinel's Northeast Indiana's Top 50 Athletes of the 20th century

See also

References

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2. ^Miklich, Eric, Night Baseball in the 19th century. Retrieved on May 16, 2008.
3. ^Rushin, Steve, (February 5, 2007). Storming The Fort (wayne). Sports Illustrated. Retrieved on May 16, 2008.
4. ^NBA All-Star Games – Names and Numbers, Basketball Digest, March, 2002. Retrieved on May 16, 2008.
5. ^U.S.S.S.A. National Tournament {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517044252/http://www.gymratsbasketball.com/usssa_national_tournament.php |date=May 17, 2008 }}. Retrieved on May 16, 2008.
6. ^NBA Dateline. Retrieved on February 2, 2008.
7. ^[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1346&dat=19621005&id=k7tNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3Q4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=7165,453749 Lakeland Ledger article]
8. ^http://wildcatbaseball.us/wildcatleaguehistory.html
9. ^http://sportsillustrated.ca/vault/article/magazine/MAG1067140/index.htm
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11. ^¹²³⁴⁵⁶⁷⁸[https://www.baseball-reference.com Baseball-Reference.com – Major League Baseball Statistics and History]
12. ^All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Players
13. ^¹²³⁴⁵⁶⁷NBA.com: Historical Player Search
14. ^¹²³⁴⁵⁶⁷⁸⁹¹⁰¹¹¹²¹³¹⁴¹⁵¹⁶¹⁷¹⁸¹⁹[https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/ Football Encyclopedia of Players – Pro-Football-Reference.com]
15. ^Canadian Football Hall of Fame – Johnny Bright
16. ^Sebring, Blake, (June 6, 2009). Duke star, Fort Wayne native ready for Red Coat. "The News-Sentinel". Retrieved on June 10, 2009.
17. ^Dale Purinton hockey statistics & profile at hockeydb.com
18. ^{{cite news |work=Sports Illustrated | date = May 2, 2003 | title = New World Order: After years of battling for fair opportunities, people of color are finally running the show (in some places) and driving the economics in sports | url = http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/si_online/2003/new_world_order/1_20/ | accessdate = June 11, 2009}}
19. ^(February 27, 2007). More than Just a Game. Big Ten Basketball. Retrieved on June 11, 2009.
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