Phillips 66ers
The Phillips 66ers (also known as the Oilers) basketball team was an amateur squad located in Bartlesville, Oklahoma and sponsored and run by the Phillips Petroleum Company. The team, which began play in 1919, participated in the Amateur Athletic Union, the nation’s premier basketball league before the National Basketball Association. Between 1920 and 1950, some of the strongest basketball teams in the United States were sponsored by corporations, including Phillips 66 and others. The 66ers team was a perennial power in AAU basketball in the 1940s, and 1950s. The 66ers won 11 national championships at the AAU National Tournament between 1940 and 1963, including six consecutive AAU tournament titles from 1943 to 1948. In 1948, the 66ers combined with Adolph Rupp's "Fabulous Five" University of Kentucky team to form the U.S. team that won the Olympic tournament.[
Phillips 66 Basketball Team 1941-42
Phillips 66 Basketball Team 1947-48
Phillips 66 Basketball Team 1948-49
Phillips 66 Basketball Team 1949-50
Phillips 66 Basketball Team 1950-51
My Most Recent Blogs
Story-paper Tabloids - Feb. 28, 2017
You may be familiar with the term pulp, used to describe some of the older, cheaply made periodicals from many years ago. However, the term "story-paper tabloid" may not be as common. Story-paper tabloids are similar to pulps in the low quality of the materials used, but differ in their format and size. Produced using cheat wood pulp paper, they ...
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Recently, I was lucky enough to find 10 of the 16 cards from the 1954 Clark Candy basketball set. These cards are quite rare and seldom seen, even by advanced basketball collectors.
Rare Album Postcard Acquired - March 1, 2016
Recently, I came across a surprising find - the 1928 Cuban Aguilitas Album Redemption postcard. When I've seen these in the past, they have always been baseball related. This one is basketball themed and shows the same image as card #397, the HNOS Maristas. The seller of this item said he found it in Cuba three decades ago. It is a nice and une...
The rarest card ever in vintage basketball - C.A. Briggs - Feb. 7, 2016
On January 20, 2016, the 1933 C.A. Briggs card was added to the VintageBasketball.com collection. I am excited to share info about this card with all of you. While there are many rare items in our hobby, speaking specifically about cards, this is probably at the very top of the list in terms of rarity. Take a few minutes to read a little more a...
My Favorite Items
1933 C.A. Briggs Basketball
B33 Basket Ball Flannels
1912
Basket Ball Rules for 1893
Hamilton King L5 Leather
1912
Ken-Wel Advertising
1920
Naismith's Phog Allen Portrait Print
1936
Spalding Men - 1896
Spalding Men - 1899/1900
Spalding Women - 1901
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