Dallas Diamonds (basketball)
Basketball team in Dallas, Texas / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the women's football team, see Dallas Diamonds.
The Dallas Diamonds were an American women's professional basketball team. It played in the Women's Professional Basketball League (WBL), the first women's professional basketball team in the United States, from 1979 to 1981 and later in the Women's American Basketball Association (WABA) in 1984.[1]
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Founded | 1979 |
Dissolved | 1981 |
History | Dallas Diamonds 1979–1981 (WBL) 1984 (WABA) |
Arena | Dallas Convention Center (1979–1980) Moody Coliseum (1980–81) |
Location | Dallas, Texas |
Team colors | blue, white |
Head coach | Dean Weese (1979–1980) Ray Scott (1980) Greg Williams (1980–81) |
Ownership | Judson Phillips (1979–1980) Mike Staver (1980–81) |
Championships | WABA: 1 (1984) |
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The star of both incarnations of the team was Nancy Lieberman, an Olympic medalist and former All-American.[2][3]