Cleveland Rebels

Cleveland Rebels
founding	1946
resolution	1947
Stadion	Cleveland Arena
Location	Cleveland , Ohio
league	BAA (1946-1947)
division	Eastern Division (1946–1947)

Cleveland Rebels was the name of a US basketball franchise from Cleveland , Ohio that played in the Basketball Association of America (BAA), later the National Basketball Association (NBA), for the 1946-47 season.

history

The team was formed in 1946 and played in the Basketball Association of America. In its only season 1946-47 it reached a statistic of 30 wins and 30 losses under the head coaches Dutch Dehnert (17-20) and Roy Clifford (13-10). In 1947, the team that ended the season in 3rd place in the Western Division broke up.

Season statistics

season	Victories: defeats	percent	Play-offs
1946/47	30:30	50.0	Participation; 2-1 loss to the New York Knicks
total	30:30	50.0	1 x playoff participation

Web links

• Team profile at basketball-reference.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Basketball-Reference.com: Cleveland Rebels . Team profile at basketball-reference.com, accessed March 12, 2017.