Akron Goodyear Wingfoots

Akron Goodyear Wingfoots
Akron Goodyear Wingfoots
Leagues	Independent 1918–22; Amateur Athletic Union 1923–30; National Basketball League 1932–33; Midwest Basketball Conference 1936–37; NBL 1937–42; Suspended due to World War II 1942–46; NIBL 1946–61; National AAU Basketball League 1966–70; Independent 1973–80; AAU Elite: 1980–present;
Founded	1918
Arena	Akron Goodyear Hall (4.000)
Team colors	Cobalt blue, Gold, Crimson, White ; -
Championships	1 National Basketball League Championship (1938); 3 FIBA Intercontinental Cups (1967, 1968, 1969); 1 MC (1936); 1 National Industrial League (1932); 2 AAU National Tournaments (1964, 1967); 3 National AAU Basketball League (1967, 1968, 1969)

The Akron Goodyear Wingfoots are one of the oldest basketball teams in the United States. They were founded in 1918, by the workers at the Goodyear Tire Company, in Akron, Ohio. The teams, while giving workers recreation, also helped to promote one of the first canvas/rubber based shoes made specifically for athletics, the wingfoot.

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