Grand Rapids Hornets

The National Basketball Association contracted after the 1949–1950 season, losing six teams: The Anderson Packers, Sheboygan Red Skins and Waterloo Hawks jumped to the NPBL, while the Chicago Stags, Denver Nuggets and St. Louis Bombers folded.

[2] Former All-American George Glamack was granted a franchise by the league and, after unsuccessfully placing it in Muncie, Indiana, established the Hornets in Grand Rapids.

The team compiled a record of 6 wins and 13 losses before folding, finishing in fourth place in the Eastern Division behind the leading Sheboygan Redskins.

In their short history, the Hornets had three different player/coaches — Bobby McDermott (a future Naismith Hall of Fame inductee), owner George Glamack, and Blackie Towery.

[6] The Hornets folded before the season ended, a fate shared by fellow NBPL teams Louisville Alumnites, St. Paul Lights and Kansas City Hi-Spots.