| The leaders of train gained three national | | | | players in the Pacers' three ABA championships. He |
| championships of aba and reached the round title in | | | | died of cancer in 1997. (File photograph 1971) In the |
| five the nine seasons when the league existed. When | | | | 1960s and early 1970s, the Pacers were the |
| the aba yielded in 1976, the leaders of train made a | | | | dominating TEAM in the old American Basketball |
| difficult transition to national association from basketball. | | | | Association. The Pacers won national three ABA |
| The insolvency of survival only by a telethon the | | | | championships and reached the title round in five of the |
| leaders of train rebuilt, adapted and emerged in the | | | | nine let us seasons the league existed. When the ABA |
| Nineties like championship-contractual concession of | | | | folded in 1976, the Pacers made has difficult transition |
| leaders of train of team. | | | | to the National Basketball Association. Surviving |
| The started as a founder member of the aba in 1967 | | | | insolvency only through has telethon the Pacers rebuilt, |
| when a group of eight businessmen invested some | | | | adapted and emerged in the 1990s have has |
| thousand dollars the part. The first coach of leaders of | | | | championship-contending team. |
| train was Larry Staverman and the first player signed | | | | The Pacers frankness began have has charter |
| by the team was brown of Roger. A legend of court | | | | member of the ABA in 1967 when has group of eight |
| of play of New York City of Brooklyn, the promising | | | | businessmen invested has few thousand dollars |
| career of brown was stopped during its year of | | | | apiece. The first Pacers coach was Larry Staverman |
| first-year student at the university of Dayton because | | | | and the first player signed by the TEAM was Roger |
| of its association with a local player. The brown one | | | | Brown. In New York City playground legend from |
| did not never play a game of university of varsity and | | | | Brooklyn, Brown S promising career was halted during |
| was prohibited by the NBA. the "Oscar Robertson | | | | his freshman year At the University of Dayton |
| indicated to me to go in Dayton and to find the brown | | | | because of his association with has local gambler. |
| one of Roger," Mike Storen, the first general manager | | | | Brown never played has varsity college game and |
| of the leaders of train, pointed out later. Storen found | | | | was banned by the NBA. "Oscar Robertson told me |
| to work the night shift to a factory of General Motors | | | | to go to Dayton and find Roger Brown," Mike Storen, |
| and to play the sporting ball of amateur of the trade | | | | the Pacers' first general manager, later recalled. |
| unions when the aba gave him the new life. Already | | | | Storen found him working the night shift At has |
| 25, brown Indiana carried out in marking that the first | | | | General Motors factory and playing Amateur Athletic |
| season with 19.6 averages. Other leaders of train of | | | | Union ball when the ABA gave him new life. Already |
| first-season included Bob Netolicky and Freddie Lewis. | | | | 25, Brown led Indiana in scoring that first season with |
| The team finished 38-40. Before the second season | | | | has 19.6 average. Other first-season Pacers included |
| the leaders of train acquired mels Daniels, 6 a center | | | | Bob Netolicky and Freddie Lewis. The TEAM finished |
| of foot 9. After a slow beginning Staverman was | | | | 38-40. Before the second season the Pacers acquired |
| replaced with Bob Leonard "smoothes" nine plays in | | | | Mel Daniels, has 6 foot 9 center. After has slow fox |
| the season. The leaders of train reached the first time | | | | trot start Staverman was replaced with Bob "Slick" |
| the finales of aba in the season 1968-69, but lost with | | | | Leonard nine games into the season. The Pacers first |
| the oaks of Oakland, 4-1.Roger "The Rajah" Brown | | | | reached Final the ABA in the 1968-69 season, goal lost |
| was has 6 foot 5 forward, the first Pacer signed | | | | to the Oakland Oaks, 4-1. |
| when the TEAM was created and one of the key | | | | |