Akron Firestone Non-Skids

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Akron Firestone Non-Skids
Founded	1937
Dissolved	1941
Location	Akron, Ohio
Ownership	Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
Championships	2 NBL Championship (1939, 1940)
Home Away Third

The Akron Firestone Non–Skids were an American professional basketball team based in Akron, Ohio. The team was one of the thirteen founding members of the National Basketball League (NBL), which formed in 1937.^[1] The team was named for the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, which was headquartered in Akron, Ohio.

Franchise history

The team was founded by Firestone as an amateur industrial team. Like other industrial teams of the era, the players were company employees with year–round jobs who were not paid for basketball but owed their jobs to their basketball skills.

as the only NBL team representing Akron.

Players of note

• Chuck Taylor
• Soup Cable
• John Moir
• Glenn Roberts
• Wesley Bennett
• Irving Terjesen
• Roy "Goose" Burris

Coaches

• Paul Sheeks

References

External links

• Firestone Non-Skids Complete History
• Akron Firestone Non-Skids at Ohio History Central

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