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The Akron Firestone Non–Skids were an American professional basketball team based in Akron, Ohio. The team was one of the thirteen founding members of the National Basketball League (NBL), which formed in 1937. The team was named for the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, which was headquartered in Akron, Ohio.




Franchise history


The team was founded by Firestone as an amateur industrial team. Like other industrial teams of the era, the players were company employees with year–round jobs who were not paid for basketball but owed their jobs to their basketball skills. The Non–Skids first competed professionally in the 1932–33 National Basketball League and defeated the Indianapolis Kautskys in the championship game. In 1935, the Non–Skids joined the Midwest Basketball Conference. In 1937, Firestone, General Electric, and Goodyear created the National Basketball League from company–sponsored teams and independent teams. The Non–Skids were NBL champions in 1939 and 1940, defeating the Oshkosh All-Stars both years in the Finals. Following the 1940–1941 season, the Akron Firestone Non–Skids disbanded, leaving the Akron Goodyear Wingfoots as the only NBL team representing Akron.




Players of note


Chuck Taylor
Soup Cable
John Moir
Glenn Roberts
Wesley Bennett
Irving Terjesen
Roy "Goose" Burris




Coaches


Paul Sheeks




References






External links


Firestone Non-Skids Complete History
Akron Firestone Non-Skids at Ohio History Central

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• Akron Firestone Non-Skids
• 1939–40 Akron Firestone Non-Skids season
• 1938–39 Akron Firestone Non-Skids season
• List of National Basketball League (United States) champions
• Akron Goodyear Wingfoots
• Akron, Ohio
• National Basketball League (United States)
• Sew Leeka
• Jack Jennings (basketball, born 1918)
• Chuck Taylor (salesman)