  the waterloo hawks were a national basketball league and national basketball association team based in waterloo, iowa. the hawks remain the only sports franchise ever based in iowa from any of the current big four leagues. (the keokuk westerns of the national association played one year of baseball in 1875; however, this league is not a direct descendant of any current league, and there is debate as to whether or not to count the league as a major league.) ==franchise history== thumb|right|180px|an autographed program from the waterloo hawks 1949-50 season. the waterloo hawks were founded in 1948, playing in the national basketball league. in 1949, the national basketball league was absorbed by its rival, the basketball association of america, forming the national basketball association; the hawks were thus a founding member of the nba. in the 1949â1950 season, their first and last in the nba, they finished 19â43, fifth out of six in the western division. in 1950â51, the hawks moved to the national professional basketball league. the original owner was p.l. "pinkie" george. ==season-by-season records==  |- !colspan="6"|waterloo hawks (nbl) |- |1948â49 || 30 || 32 || .484 || n/a || n/a |- !colspan="6"|waterloo hawks (nba) |- |1949â50 || 19 || 43 || .306 || n/a || n/a |- !colspan="6"|waterloo hawks (npbl) |- |1950â51 || 32 || 24 || .571 || n/a || n/a |-  ==waterloo hawks all-time coaches== * charley shipp (record 8â27) * jack smiley (record 11â16) ==waterloo hawks all-time roster== ===b=== {| class="wikitable sortable sortable" ! style="background:#ffcd35;color:#6137ad;" width="20%"| player ! style="background:#ffcd35;color:#6137ad;" width="15%"| no. ! style="background:#ffcd35;color:#6137ad;" width="25%"| position ! style="backgroun
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