WBL Memories

A tribute to the pioneers of the Women's Professional Basketball League (1978-81)

 

 

Other WBL-related photos

(photos of WBL players, women's basketball in the '70s)

 

Donna Simms (New Jersey Gems, New England Gulls) receives the MVP award in Queens' win over Cortland State in the '77 New York basketball championship.

 

Carol Blazejowski and Ann Meyers (both New Jersey Gems) with Charlie McCabe of Manufacturers Hanover, 1979.  Although both women had graduated, neither had joined the WBL yet.  Blazejowski joined in '80 after the U. S. boycotted the Olympics, and Meyers in '79 after an unsuccessful tryout with the NBA's Indiana Pacers.

 

McCabe with Nancy Lieberman (Dallas Diamonds), of AIAW champion Old Dominion, 1979.

 

Inge Nissen (Chicago Hustle) memorialized in a Sportscaster card as a senior at Old Dominion.  Nissen was so impressive in a game against the Russians that U.S. officials tried to get her citizenship for the '80 Olympics.