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1943 World Professional Basketball Tournament Championship Ticket RARE Pop Gates
$ 792
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Description
This is anEXTREMELY
rare ticket from the
historic 1943 Washington Bears 41-0 perfect season.
From Wikipedia:
The Washington Bears were an all-black
professional basketball team of the 1940s.
Sponsored by movie theater owner Abe Lichtman, the Bears played their home games at Turner's Arena in Washington D.C. Most of the team was composed of former New York Renaissance players, such as
Pop Gates, Tarzan Cooper, Jackie Bethards, and John Isaacs
. In 1943, the Bears achieved a 41-0 record and won the World Professional Basketball Tournament, defeating the Oshkosh All Stars in the championship game.