The All-American Basketball League was another regional minor league that sprung up after World War 2. They did feature a few BAA/NBL cast-off players or coaches and had some moderate success before disbanding as so many minor leagues did as the NBA grew in strength.
The AABL did get decent coverage by their local media so I was able to identify a lot of the players and record a lot of box scores, although a few players and boxes still elude me.Here is the AABL by the numbers:
Number of AABL players: 264
Unidentified/unknown whereabouts:21
Surviving AABL players: 7 assumed to be alive, but none are confirmed survivors. Of the 21 unknown, it is possible there are a few who are still with us.
Longevity:
Of the 264 players, 39 players (14.77%) lived to see the age of 90. 14 men (5.3%) died before the age of 50. (Numbers could obviously change as unknown players get identified.
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