Team: | Akron Firestone Non-Skids |
League: | NBL |
End Year: | 1940 |
Championshipwin: | yes |
Divisionwin: | yes |
Wins: | 19 |
Losses: | 9 |
Division Place: | 1 (Eastern) |
Coach: | Paul Sheeks |
Arena: | Firestone Clubhouse |
Playoffs: | Defeated Oshkosh All-Stars in NBL Championship, 3–2 |
The 1939–40 Akron Firestone Non-Skids season was the Akron Firestone NonSkids' third year in the United States' National Basketball League (NBL), which was also the third year the league existed.[1] Eight teams competed in the NBL, comprising four teams each in the Eastern and Western Divisions.[2] The NonSkids were one of two teams from Akron, Ohio in the league, the other being the Akron Goodyear Wingfoots.[1]
The NonSkids played their home games at Firestone Clubhouse.[3] For the second season in a row, the Non-Skids finished the season with a league best record (19–9) and won the Eastern Division.[2] They then went on to repeat as league champions, once again topping the Western Division's Oshkosh All-Stars, three games to two in a best-of-five series, for the second consecutive season.[2]
Head coach Paul Sheeks repeated as the league's Coach of the Year Award.[2] Players Soup Cable (First Team) and Jack Ozburn (Second Team) earned All-NBL honors for the second straight season as well.[2]
(E1) Akron Firestone Non-Skids vs. (E2) Detroit Eagles: Akron wins series 2–1
(E1) Akron Firestone Non-Skids vs. (W1) Oshkosh All-Stars: Akron wins series 3–2