25:
261:
The
Bittners were the brainchild of Lou Bittner, who had opened a tax consulting and insurance company. The team entered the American Basketball League in 1946 where the played for two seasons. In their first season they won 18 out of their 20 games and they finished second to
243:
and became the first club to bring a basketball championship back to
Oakland back in the day. The Bittners changed their name to Oakland Blue 'n Gold Atlas in 1949 getting a sponsorship from an engineering company, called Atlas-Pacific. The sponsor was Oakland businessman
269:
But the
Bittners became widely known when they reached the AAU championship final in 1947 but they lost to Phillips 66ers (62-41). Two years later the Bittners would take revenge on the Phillips defeating with in the championship game by 55-51. That team was coached by
289:
In the 1949-1950 season the team with Hal
Fischer as a coach reached the AAU Final once again but lost to the Phillips 66ers by 65–42. The next season the Oakland Blue 'n Gold Atlas-Pacific entered the
266:. Don Barksdale was the most prominent player of the league and he set the ABL's scoring record. The next season they finished third behind the Phillips 66ers and the Denver Nuggets.
426:
451:
446:
301:
383:
300:, who helped the team win the title in 1949, died four years later at age 31. Barksdale represented the Bittners in the Olympic Games as a part of the
282:. But after the end of the season, the team got the sponsorship from the Blue 'n Gold Atlas company and lost two of its greatest players, Charles
441:
436:
271:
240:
245:
431:
222:
132:
89:
291:
139:
61:
68:
108:
42:
75:
421:
46:
57:
348:
358:
35:
82:
8:
236:
343:
328:
353:
263:
415:
313:
275:
338:
318:
279:
363:
333:
286:
Hanger and Dave Minor who transferred to Denver Blue 'n Gold Atlas.
24:
323:
297:
235:
were an
Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) basketball team, located in
194:
190:
384:"Oakland Bittners Break AAU Reign of Phillips Oilers"
49:. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
413:
302:1948 United States men's Olympic basketball team
427:Basketball teams in the San Francisco Bay Area
452:Sports clubs and teams in Oakland, California
447:Sports clubs and teams disestablished in 1952
274:and had the likes of the later NBA stars
109:Learn how and when to remove this message
414:
292:National Industrial Basketball League
137:American Basketball League 1946-1948
442:1952 disestablishments in California
437:Basketball teams established in 1941
47:adding citations to reliable sources
18:
294:where they competed for two years.
239:. The team was named after sponsor
13:
307:
14:
463:
432:1941 establishments in California
23:
179:Oakland Atlas-Pacific Engineers
34:needs additional citations for
376:
256:
1:
369:
133:Amateur Athletic Association
7:
10:
468:
251:
173:Oakland Blue 'n Gold Atlas
215:
207:
186:
162:
154:
146:
128:
123:
16:American basketball team
422:Amateur Athletic Union
386:. The Chicago Tribune
43:improve this article
237:Oakland, California
58:"Oakland Bittners"
229:
228:
119:
118:
111:
93:
459:
396:
395:
393:
391:
380:
233:Oakland Bittners
223:AAU Championship
203:
200:
167:Oakland Bittners
124:Oakland Bittners
121:
120:
114:
107:
103:
100:
94:
92:
51:
27:
19:
467:
466:
462:
461:
460:
458:
457:
456:
412:
411:
400:
399:
389:
387:
382:
381:
377:
372:
344:Ron Livingstone
329:Paul Napolitano
310:
308:Notable players
259:
254:
201:
198:
197:
181:
177:
175:
171:
169:
138:
136:
115:
104:
98:
95:
52:
50:
40:
28:
17:
12:
11:
5:
465:
455:
454:
449:
444:
439:
434:
429:
424:
410:
409:
407:
405:
403:
398:
397:
374:
373:
371:
368:
367:
366:
361:
356:
354:Charles Hanger
351:
346:
341:
336:
331:
326:
321:
316:
309:
306:
264:Phillips 66ers
258:
255:
253:
250:
227:
226:
217:
213:
212:
209:
205:
204:
188:
184:
183:
164:
160:
159:
156:
152:
151:
148:
144:
143:
130:
126:
125:
117:
116:
31:
29:
22:
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
464:
453:
450:
448:
445:
443:
440:
438:
435:
433:
430:
428:
425:
423:
420:
419:
417:
408:
406:
404:
402:
401:
385:
379:
375:
365:
362:
360:
357:
355:
352:
350:
347:
345:
342:
340:
337:
335:
332:
330:
327:
325:
322:
320:
317:
315:
314:Don Barksdale
312:
311:
305:
303:
299:
295:
293:
287:
285:
281:
277:
276:Don Barksdale
273:
267:
265:
249:
247:
242:
238:
234:
224:
221:
218:
216:Championships
214:
211:Atlas-Pacific
210:
206:
196:
192:
189:
185:
180:
174:
168:
165:
161:
157:
153:
149:
145:
141:
134:
131:
127:
122:
113:
110:
102:
99:February 2017
91:
88:
84:
81:
77:
74:
70:
67:
63:
60: –
59:
55:
54:Find sources:
48:
44:
38:
37:
32:This article
30:
26:
21:
20:
388:. Retrieved
378:
359:Bill Calhoun
349:Mike O'Neill
296:
288:
283:
268:
260:
232:
230:
219:
178:
172:
166:
105:
96:
86:
79:
72:
65:
53:
41:Please help
36:verification
33:
339:Don Burness
319:Jim Pollard
280:Jim Pollard
272:Lou Bittner
257:First years
241:Lou Bittner
187:Team colors
416:Categories
370:References
364:Ken Leslie
334:Dave Minor
246:Ted Harrer
135:1946-1952
69:newspapers
390:8 October
208:Ownership
182:1951-1952
176:1949–1951
170:1946–1949
142:1950-1952
324:Ed Voss
298:Ed Voss
252:History
163:History
147:Founded
129:Leagues
83:scholar
225:(1949)
202:
199:
155:Folded
85:
78:
71:
64:
56:
284:Chuck
195:White
90:JSTOR
76:books
392:2016
278:and
231:The
191:Blue
158:1952
150:1941
140:NIBL
62:news
45:by
418::
304:.
248:.
193:,
394:.
220:1
112:)
106:(
101:)
97:(
87:·
80:·
73:·
66:·
39:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
