Isaac Walker Duffey (May 31, 1906 – April 4, 1967)[1] was an American businessman and sports executive.
He organized a successful barnstorming team called the Anderson Chiefs, and later bought a National Basketball League franchise, which he named the Anderson Packers.
The Packers played in the National Basketball League for three years, winning the final NBL championship, and later spent time in the National Basketball Association and National Professional Basketball League.
Following his venture into basketball, Duffey was president of the Central Indiana Railway from 1951 until his death from cancer in 1967.
[2] Duffey also attended Marion Normal College (now called Ball State University) in the 1920s.