# Springfield Fame

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{{Infobox basketball club
| name            = Springfield Fame
| logo            = 
| imagesize       = 
| founded         = 1985
| dissolved       = 1986
| league          = [United States Basketball League](/source/United_States_Basketball_League)
| history         = 
| arena           = [Springfield Civic Center](/source/Springfield_Civic_Center)
| location        = [Springfield, Massachusetts](/source/Springfield%2C_Massachusetts)
| colors          = 
| coach           = 
| owner           =  
| manager         = 
| league_champs   = '''1''' 1985 ''(no playoffs)''
| division_champs = 
| affiliations    =   
| website         = 
}}
The '''Springfield Fame''' were a men's spring-professional [basketball](/source/basketball) team in the [United States Basketball League](/source/United_States_Basketball_League) from [Springfield, Massachusetts](/source/Springfield%2C_Massachusetts), the hometown of the [Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame](/source/Naismith_Memorial_Basketball_Hall_of_Fame), which gave the inspiration of the team name.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://funwhileitlasted.net/2015/06/26/1985-1986-springfield-fame/|title = 1985-1986 Springfield Fame|date = 26 June 2015}}</ref>

==History==
The Springfield Fame were founded in 1985. In their inaugural season, they finished with a record of 19-6 and were the first USBL Champions. The league did not add a playoff system until the 1987 season. In their second season, the Fame made national headlines by signing 27-year-old women's basketball legend [Nancy Lieberman](/source/Nancy_Lieberman). Lieberman thus became the first female basketball player to play regular season minutes in a men's pro league. They would finish second with a 23–10 record and 0.5 game behind the Tampa Bay Flash. The Fame would fold following the 1986 season.

==Season-by-season records==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year 
!GP!! W !! L !! Win % !! GB !! Head coach
|-
| 1985 
|25|| 19 || 6 || .760 || .. || Gerald Oliver
|-
| 1986 
|33|| 23 || 10 || .697 || 0.5 || [Henry Bibby](/source/Henry_Bibby)
|-
|Totals
|58
|42
|16
|.724
|–
|–
|-
|}
<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.apbr.org/usbl.html|title = History of the United States Basketball League}}</ref>

==Honours==
'''USBL Player of the Year'''
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Season
!Player
|-
|1985
|[Tracy Jackson](/source/Tracy_Jackson)
|}

'''USBL Coach of the Year'''
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Season
!Coach
!W
!L
|-
|1985
|Gerald Oliver
|19
|6
|-
|1986
|Henry Bibby
|23
|10
|}

'''<big>All-USBL Teams</big>'''

'''''First Team'''''
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Season
!Player
!Position
|-
|1985
|Tracy Jackson
|
|-
|1986
|Billy Goodwin
|
|}
*Tracy Jackson (1985)
*Billy Goodwin (1986)

'''''Second Team'''''
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Season
!Player
!Position
|-
|rowspan="2"|1985
|Larry Lawrence
|
|-
|rowspan="2"|[Michael Adams](/source/Michael_Adams_(basketball))
|rowspan="2"|Point Guard
|-
|rowspan="2"|1986
|-
|[Jerome Henderson](/source/Jerome_Henderson_(basketball))
|Center/Power Forward
|}
*Larry Lawrence (1985)
*[Michael Adams](/source/Michael_Adams_(basketball)) (1985 and 1986)
*[Jerome Henderson](/source/Jerome_Henderson_(basketball)) (1986)

'''USBL All-Rookie Team'''
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Season
!Player
!Position
|-
|rowspan="2"|1985
|Andre Goode
|-
|Michael Adams
|-
|1986
|[Dominic Pressley](/source/Dominic_Pressley)
|}
*Andre Goode (1985)
*Michael Adams (1985)
*[Dominic Pressley](/source/Dominic_Pressley) (1986)

'''USBL All-Defensive Team'''
*Michael Adams (1985 and 1986)
*Jerome Henderson (1986)

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{United States Basketball League}}

Category:United States Basketball League teams
Category:Basketball teams in Springfield, Massachusetts

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