Women's Pro Basketball League
The Women's Baseball League is also abbreviated WBL. Women's Basketball League or WBL was an attempt to establish a professional women's basketball league in the United States. The league played three seasons from the fall of 1978 to the spring of 1981. The league is generally considered to the be the first American professional women's basketball league to be founded. TeamsCalifornia Dreams (1979-80)Chicago Hustle (1978-81) Dallas Diamonds (1979-81)Dayton Rockettes (1978-79)Houston Angels (1978-80)Iowa Cornets (1978-80)Milwaukee Does (1978-80)Minnesota Fillies (1978-81)Nebraska Wranglers (1980-81)New England Gulls (1980-81)New Jersey Gems (1978-81)New Orleans Pride (1979-81)New York Stars (1978-80)Philadelphia Fox (1979-80)St. Louis Streak (1979-81)San Francisco Pioneers (1979-81)Washington Metros (1979-80)
Champions of WBL1978-79 Houston Angels1979-80 New York Stars1980-81 Nebraska Wranglers
Selected Notable PlayersAnn Meyers, top pick in the WBL draft in 1979, WBL MVP for the 1979-1980 season, now a basketball broadcaster for ESPN Carol BlazejowskiDonna Geils, now Donna Orender, President of the WNBANancy Lieberman"Machine Gun" Molly Bolin
See alsoWomen's National Basketball AssociationAmerican Basketball League 1996-98
External linksJohn Molina's WBL pageWBL logos
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