The National Basketball Association originally awarded the franchise to a group of investors based in Milwaukee - headed by Wesley D. Pavalon and Marvin L. Fishman - called Milwaukee Professional ...
1968 was a year when everything in Milwaukee seemed to be in flux. But one thing stayed pretty much the same: the downtown Christmas parade. At the time, downtown Milwaukee had had a Christmas parade ...
By 1968, Milwaukee hadn't had a pro basketball team for more than a decade. The city had lost its National Basketball Association team in 1955, when the Milwaukee Hawks moved to St. Louis. That team ...