The Anderson Packers, also known as the Anderson Duffey Packers and the Chief Anderson Meat Packers, were a professional
basketball
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team based in
Anderson, Indiana
Anderson is a city in and the county seat of Madison County, Indiana, United States. The population was 54,788 at the 2020 census. It is named after Chief William Anderson. The city is the headquarters of the Church of God and its Anderson ...
, in the 1940s and 1950s.
The team was founded and owned by brothers
Ike W. and John B. Duffey, founders of
meat packing
The meat-packing industry (also spelled meatpacking industry or meat packing industry) handles the slaughtering, processing, packaging, and distribution of meat from animals such as cattle, pigs, sheep and other livestock. Poultry is generally n ...
company Duffey's Incorporated, which had purchased the Hughes-Curry Packing Co. of Anderson in 1946, at which time the brothers founded the Anderson Packers. John Duffey was president of the club, and its secretary-treasurer was Ike. The Duffeys profitably sold their Anderson packing plant three years later, although they retained ownership of the team until its demise.
The Packers played in the
National Basketball League from 1946 to 1949. The team moved into the
National Basketball Association
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for the
1949–50 season. The franchise withdrew from the NBA on April 11, 1950, when the organization was absorbed by the league.
After that season the team moved to the
National Professional Basketball League, which folded entirely at the end of their only (1950–1951) season.
Season-by-season records
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See also
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List of defunct National Basketball Association teams
References
External links
Anderson Packers history and pictures
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Anderson, Indiana
Basketball teams established in 1946
Basketball teams disestablished in 1951
National Professional Basketball League (1950–51)
1946 establishments in Indiana
1951 disestablishments in Indiana
Defunct NBA teams