Dallas Diamonds (basketball)

Dallas Diamonds
Dallas Diamonds logo
Founded1979
Dissolved1981
HistoryDallas Diamonds
1979–1981 (WBL)
1984 (WABA)
ArenaDallas Convention Center (1979–1980)
Moody Coliseum (1980–81)
LocationDallas, Texas
Team colorsblue, white
   
Head coachDean Weese (1979–1980)
Ray Scott (1980)
Greg Williams (1980–81)
OwnershipJudson Phillips (1979–1980)
Mike Staver (1980–81)
ChampionshipsWABA: 1 (1984)

The Dallas Diamonds were an American women's professional basketball team. It played in the Women's Professional Basketball League (WBL), the first women's professional basketball team in the United States, from 1979 to 1981 and later in the Women's American Basketball Association (WABA) in 1984.[1]

The star of both incarnations of the team was Nancy Lieberman, an Olympic medalist and former All-American.[2][3]

  1. ^ Stars in Their Eyes
  2. ^ "Nancy Lieberman - McKinney Associates Inc". Archived from the original on 2008-01-13. Retrieved 2008-03-20.
  3. ^ "Nancy Lieberman.com". Archived from the original on 2008-04-04. Retrieved 2008-03-20.