User:Alvaldi/Women's Professional Basketball League

Women's Professional Basketball League improvement project.

Useful links

 * Clippings from Newspapers.com
 * History of the Women's Professional Basketball League at apbr.org
 * thewbl.com at archive.org
 * WBL stats at statscrew.com
 * Women’s Professional Basketball League (1978-1981) at FunWhileItLasted.net

Draft

 * 1978 WBL draft(User:Alvaldi/Women's Professional Basketball League/1978 WBL draft)
 * 1979 WBL draftJersey Woman No. 1 Pick
 * 1980 WBL draft1980 Draft list

California Dreams (1979–80) / Nebraska Wranglers (1980–81)
1981 WBL champions.

Players

 * Marie Kocurek (Wranglers, 1981)
 * Vonnie Tomich (Dreams, 1979)
 * Rosie Walker - (Wranglers, 1980–81) - Won the MVP award in 1981.

Coaches

 * Bill Gleason (1980–1981)

Players

 * Karen Logan (1978–1979) - Considered to be the American female basketball player in the early 1970s.
 * Rita Easterling (1979 WBL MVP and All-Star MVP)
 * Debbie Waddy-Rossow (1979 WBL scoring champion)
 * Elizabeth Galloway ("Liz", "The Bandit", UNLV)
 * Susan Digitale (Cal State, Sacramento)
 * Inge Nissen
 * Vonnie Tomich (1980–81)

Coaches

 * Dean Weese (1979–1980)
 * Ray Scott (interim, 1980)
 * Greg Williams (1980–81) - WBL Coach of the Year (1981)

Players

 * Nancy Lieberman
 * Vonnie Tomich (1979–80)

Players

 * Vonnie Tomich (1978–79)

Houston Angels (1978–80)
The 1979 WBL champions.

Coaches

 * Don Knodel - 1978-79 WBL Coach of the Year

Players

 * Lusia Harris (1979–1980)
 * Paula Mayo

Players

 * Lynda Gehrke (University of Colorado)
 * Kathleen DeBoer (Michigan State, finalist for 1978 Wade Trophy)
 * Marguerite Keeley (Independence Community Junior College, Wichita State University)
 * Joanie Smith ("Baby J", Arizona State)
 * Brenda Dennis (Marshall University)
 * Brenda Chapman (1979 WBL leading scorer)

Players

 * Brenda Chapman
 * Marie Kocurek (1978-1980)

Players

 * Ann Meyers - Taken first in the inaugural WBL draft. The WBL Co-MVP for the 1979–1980 season.
 * Faye Young and Kaye Young (1979–1980)
 * Carol Blazejowski (1980–1981)

Coaches

 * Butch van Breda Kolff (1979–81)
 * Ray Scott (interim) 1981

Players

 * Sybil Blalock - 1981 All-Star
 * Cindy Brogdon - 1981 All-Star
 * Augusta Forest - 1980 All-Star
 * Bertha Hardy
 * Sandra Smallwood

New York Stars (1978–80)
1980 WBL champions. Folded before the start of the next season.

Coaches

 * Alan Cissorsky (1978–1979)
 * Donna Geils (interim, 1979)
 * Lavozier Lamar (1979)
 * Dean Meminger (1979–1980)

Players

 * Faye Young and Kaye Young (1978–1979)   (1,2)
 * Lynn Arturi
 * Molly Bolin
 * Donna Geils
 * Althea Gwyn
 * Debbie Mason
 * Pearl Moore

Players

 * Vonnie Tomich (1979)

Players

 * Pat Colasurdo (Pat Mayo)

Tampa Bay Sun (1980–81)
Planned expansion team, never played.

1979
East West
 * Althea Gwyn
 * Kaye Young
 * Janice Thomas
 * Gail Tatterson
 * Debby Mason
 * Wanda Szeremeta
 * Denis Craig
 * Vonnie Tomich
 * Vivian Greene
 * Belinda Candler
 * Paula Mayo
 * Karen Aulenbacher
 * Brenda Chapman
 * Joanie Smith
 * Gerry Booker
 * Molly Bolin
 * Doris Draving
 * Joan Uhl
 * Donn Wilson
 * Marie Kocurek
 * Marquerite Keeley
 * Debbie Waddy-Rossow
 * Janey Fincher
 * Rita Easterling

1981
West
 * Molly Bolin
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All-Star MVP

 * 1979 - Rita Easterling
 * 1980 - Charlene McWhorter (Milwaukee)
 * 1981 - Nancy Lieberman

MVP

 * 1978–79 - Rita Easterling
 * 1979–80 - Ann Meyers/Molly Bolin (Co-MVP's)
 * 1980–81 - Rosie Walker

Coach of the Year

 * 1978–79 - Don Knodel (Houston)
 * 1979–80 - Dean Meminger (New York)
 * 1980–81 - Greg Williams (Dallas Diamonds)

Manager of the Year

 * 1978–79 - Chuck Shriver (Chicago Hustle)

Owner of the Year

 * 1980–81 - Michael Stavers (Dallas)

Scoring leaders

 * 1979 - Brenda Chapman - 29.7 ppg
 * 1980 - Molly Bolin - 32.8 ppg
 * 1981 - Carol Blazejowski - 29.6 ppg

All-Pro team
1979 1980 1981 First team Second team
 * Rita Easterling (Chicago)
 * Molly Bolin (Cornets)
 * Denise Sharps (Cornets)
 * Doris Draving (Cornets)
 * Paula Mayo (Houston)
 * Belinda Candler (Houston)
 * Gail Tatterson (New Jersey)
 * Althea Gwyn (New York)
 * Vonnie Tomich (Dayton)
 * Debra Waddy-Rossow (Chicago)
 * Brenda Chapman (Milwaukee)
 * Marie Kocurek (Minnesota)
 * Molly Bolin (Iowa)
 * Ann Meyers (New Jersey)
 * Rita Easterling (Chicago)
 * Charlene McWhorter (Chicago)
 * Alfreda Abernathy (Dallas)
 * Paula Mayo (Houston)
 * Doris Draving (Iowa)
 * Heidi Nestor (Milwaukee)
 * Marie Kocurek (Minnesota)
 * Bertha Hardy (New Orleans)
 * Sharon Farrah (New York)
 * Janice homas (New York)
 * Adrian Mitchell (St. Louis)
 * Pat Mayo (San Francisco)
 * Anita Ortega (San Francisco)
 * Rosie Walker (Nebraska)
 * Nancy Lieberman (Dallas)
 * Carol Blazejowski (New Jersey)
 * Althea Gwyn (Chicago)
 * Inge Nissen (Chicago)
 * Janice Thomas (New Jersey)
 * Cindy Haugejorde (San Francisco)
 * Molly Bolin (San Francisco)
 * Carol Chason (Nebraska)
 * Rosalind Jennings (Dallas)
 * Cindy Brogdon (New Orleans)
 * Paula Mayo (Chicago)
 * Trish Roberts (St. Louis)