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{{Infobox basketball club
| name = Dallas Chaparrals
| division = [[Western Division (ABA)|Western Division]]
| logo = Dallas Chaparrals team logo.jpg
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| founded = 1967
| history = '''Dallas Chaparrals (ABA)'''<br />1967–1970, 1971–1973<br />'''Texas Chaparrals (ABA)''' <br />1970–1971<br />'''[[San Antonio Spurs]]'''<br />1973–present<ref>{{cite web|title=San Antonio Spurs History|url=http://www.nba.com/spurs/history/spurs_history.html|publisher=NBA Media Ventures, LLC|website=Spurs.com|access-date=January 29, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=NBA History: Teams|url=http://www.nba.com/history/team-win-loss-records/|publisher=NBA Media Ventures, LLC|website=NBA.com|date=February 25, 2013|access-date=January 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150508134344/http://www.nba.com/history/team-win-loss-records/|archive-date=May 8, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=NBA.com/Stats–San Antonio Spurs seasons|url=http://stats.nba.com/team/#!/1610612759/seasons/|publisher=National Basketball Association|access-date=January 29, 2017|archive-date=September 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170915143403/http://stats.nba.com/team/#!/1610612759/seasons/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| arena = [[Moody Coliseum]]<br />[[Dallas Memorial Auditorium]]<br />[[Tarrant County Coliseum]]<br />[[Lubbock Municipal Coliseum]]
| city = [[Dallas|Dallas, Texas]]<br />[[Fort Worth, Texas]]<br />[[Lubbock, Texas]]
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The '''Dallas Chaparrals''' were a charter member of the [[American Basketball Association]] (ABA).<ref name="si671023"/> The team [[List of relocated National Basketball Association teams|moved]] to [[San Antonio]], [[Texas]], for the [[1973–74 San Antonio Spurs season|1973–74 season]] and were renamed the [[San Antonio Spurs]]. The Spurs joined the [[National Basketball Association]] (NBA) for the [[1976–77 NBA season]] as a result of being one of four chosen ABA teams to be absorbed by the elder league following the completion of the [[ABA–NBA merger]].

==Origin==
The team's founding owners, unable to agree on a name for the franchise during an early organizational meeting at the [[Sheraton Dallas Hotel]], named it for the Chaparral Club in which they met.<ref name="si050629"/> The primary owner, Robert Folsom, was later the mayor of the City of Dallas. Minority owner, William Cothrum, was later Deputy Mayor Pro Tem of the City of Dallas. The team drew poor attendance and general disinterest in Dallas.<ref name="dmn130528"/> They were lucky to attract crowds in the hundreds. During the 1970–71 season, the team became the '''Texas Chaparrals''' and an attempt was made to make the team a regional one, playing games in [[Fort Worth, Texas|Fort Worth]], at the [[Tarrant County Coliseum]], as well as [[Lubbock, Texas|Lubbock]], at the [[Lubbock Municipal Coliseum]], but this proved a failure and the team returned full-time to Dallas in time for the 1971–72 season, splitting their games at [[Moody Coliseum]] and [[Dallas Convention Center Arena]].

==Decline and the move==
After missing the playoffs for the first time in their existence in the 1972–73 season, the team was put up for sale. After no credible offers surfaced, the team's original owners leased it to a group of 35 [[San Antonio]] businessmen, led by [[Angelo Drossos]] and [[Red McCombs]]. The deal included a three-year option to buy the team outright, after which it would revert to the Dallas group.<ref name="si720210"/> The Drossos-McCombs group moved the team to [[San Antonio]] for the 1973–74 season and renamed them the [[San Antonio Spurs]]. San Antonio embraced its new team with open arms; the Spurs surpassed the Chaparrals' entire 1972–73 attendance in only 16 games.{{citation needed|date=January 2023}} Realizing they had a runaway hit on their hands, Drossos and McCombs tore up the lease and completed the purchase after only one year, and the franchise has stayed in San Antonio to this day. However, Dallas would get its own NBA franchise in the form of the expansion [[Dallas Mavericks|Mavericks]], who began play in the [[1980-81 NBA season|1980-81 season]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wilonsky |first=Robert |date=April 30, 2008 |title=To Hell with the Mavericks. How 'Bout them Chaparrals? |url=https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/to-hell-with-the-mavericks-how-bout-them-chaparrals-7134636 |access-date=2022-10-31 |website=Dallas Observer |language=en}}</ref>

==Basketball Hall of Famers==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! colspan="5" style="{{NBA color cell|Dallas Chaparrals}};"|Dallas Chaparrals Hall of Famers
|-
! colspan="5" style="text-align:center; {{NBA color cell2|Dallas Chaparrals}};"|Players
|-
! No. || Name || Position || Tenure || Inducted
|-
| 16 || [[Cliff Hagan]] <sup>1</sup> || [[Small forward|SF]] || 1967–1969 || 1978
|}
'''Notes:'''
* <sup>1</sup> Also served as head coach (1967–1970).

==Season-by-season==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%" summary="Season (sortable), Division, Finish (sortable), Wins (sortable), Losses (sortable), Win% (sortable), GB (sortable), Playoffs, Awards and Head coach"
|-
! scope="col" | Season
! scope="col" | League
! scope="col" class="unsortable"|[[Division (sport)|Division]]
! scope="col"| Finish
! scope="col"| Wins
! scope="col"| Losses
! scope="col"| [[Winning percentage|Win%]]
! scope="col"| [[Games behind|GB]]
! scope="col" class="unsortable"|[[NBA playoffs|Playoffs]]
! scope="col" class="unsortable"|[[List of National Basketball Association awards|Awards]]
! scope="col" class="unsortable"|[[List of San Antonio Spurs head coaches|Head coach]]
|-
|colspan="14" align="center" style="border:2px solid #ED174C; background-color:#006BB6" | <span style="color:#FFFFFF;">'''Dallas Chaparrals'''</span>
|-
!scope="row" style="background-color:transparent;"| [[1967–68 Dallas Chaparrals season|1967–68]]
|[[American Basketball Association|ABA]]
| Western
| style="background:#96cdcd;"| 2nd
| 46
| 32
| .590
| 2
| '''Won''' [[1968 ABA Playoffs#(2) Dallas Chaparrals vs. (4) Houston Mavericks|Division Semifinals]] ([[Houston Mavericks|Mavericks]]) 3–0<br/>Lost [[1968 ABA Playoffs#(1) New Orleans Buccaneers vs. (2) Dallas Chaparrals|Division Finals]] ([[New Orleans Buccaneers|Buccaneers]]) 4–1<ref>{{cite web |title=1967–68 Dallas Chaparrals Roster and Statistics |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/DLC/1968.html |work=basketball-reference.com |access-date=February 21, 2012}}</ref>
| —
| rowspan=2 | [[Cliff Hagan]]
|-
!scope="row" style="background-color:transparent;"| [[1968–69 Dallas Chaparrals season|1968–69]]
|ABA
| Western
| style="background:#96cdcd;"| 4th 
| 41
| 37
| .526
| 19
| Lost [[1969 ABA Playoffs#(2) New Orleans Buccaneers vs. (4) Dallas Chaparrals|Division Semifinals]] ([[New Orleans Buccaneers|Buccaneers]]) 4–3<ref>{{cite web |title=1968–69 Dallas Chaparrals Roster and Statistics |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/DLC/1969.html |work=basketball-reference.com |access-date=February 21, 2012}}</ref>
| [[John Beasley (basketball)|John Beasley]] ([[List of American Basketball Association awards and honors#All-Star Game MVP|ASG MVP]])
|-
!scope="row" style="background-color:transparent;"| [[1969–70 Dallas Chaparrals season|1969–70]]
|ABA
| Western
| style="background:#96cdcd;"| 2nd 
| 45
| 39
| .536
| 6
| Lost [[1970 ABA Playoffs#(2) Dallas Chaparrals vs. (4) Los Angeles Stars|Division Semifinals]] ([[Los Angeles Stars|Stars]]) 4–2<ref>{{cite web |title=1969–70 Dallas Chaparrals Roster and Statistics |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/DLC/1970.html |work=basketball-reference.com |access-date=February 21, 2012}}</ref>
| —
|Cliff Hagan<br>[[Max Williams (basketball)|Max Williams]]
|-
|colspan="14" align="center" style="border:2px solid #ED174C; background-color:#006BB6" | <span style="color:#FFFFFF;">'''Texas Chaparrals'''</span>
|-
!scope="row" style="background-color:transparent;"| [[1970–71 Texas Chaparrals season|1970–71]]
|ABA
| Western
| style="background:#96cdcd;"| 4th 
| 30
| 54
| .357
| 28
| Lost [[1971 ABA Playoffs#(2) Utah Stars vs. (4) Texas Chaparrals|Division Semifinals]] ([[Utah Stars|Stars]]) 4–0<ref>{{cite web |title=1970–71 Texas Chaparrals Roster and Statistics |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/TEX/1971.html |work=basketball-reference.com |access-date=February 21, 2012}}</ref>
| — 
|Max Williams<br>[[Bill Blakeley]]
|-
|colspan="14" align="center" style="border:2px solid #ED174C; background-color:#006BB6" | <span style="color:#FFFFFF;">'''Dallas Chaparrals'''</span>
|-
!scope="row" style="background-color:transparent;"| [[1971–72 Dallas Chaparrals season|1971–72]]
|ABA
| Western
| style="background:#96cdcd;"| 3rd 
| 42
| 42
| .500
| 18
| Lost [[1972 ABA Playoffs#(1) Utah Stars vs. (3) Dallas Chaparrals|Division Semifinals]] ([[Utah Stars|Stars]]) 4–0<ref>{{cite web |title=1971–72 Dallas Chaparrals Roster and Statistics |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/DLC/1972.html |work=basketball-reference.com |access-date=February 21, 2012}}</ref>
| [[Tom Nissalke]] ([[List of American Basketball Association awards and honors#Coach of the Year|COY]])
|[[Tom Nissalke]]
|-
!scope="row" style="background-color:transparent;"| [[1972–73 Dallas Chaparrals season|1972–73]]
|ABA
| Western
| 5th
| 28
| 56
| .333
| 27
| —<ref>{{cite web |title=1972–73 Dallas Chaparrals Roster and Statistics |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/DLC/1973.html |work=basketball-reference.com |access-date=February 21, 2012}}</ref>
| —
|[[Babe McCarthy]]<br>[[Dave Brown (basketball)|Dave Brown]]
|}

==See also==
* [[Bill Blakeley]]
* [[San Antonio Spurs]]

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=

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<ref name="dmn130528">{{cite news |first=Tim |last=Cowlishaw |work=[[The Dallas Morning News]] |title=No disrespect to the Mavericks, but Dallas blew it when city let Chaparrals (now Spurs) bolt for San Antonio |url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sports/columnists/tim-cowlishaw/20130528-cowlishaw-no-disrespect-to-the-mavericks-but-dallas-blew-it-when-city-failed-to-support-the-chaparrals--now-the-title-winning-spurs.ece |date=May 28, 2013 |access-date=November 19, 2013}}</ref>
<ref name="si671023">{{cite magazine |first=Tom |last=Brody |magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]] |title=The ABA: Playing The Game Called Survival |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1080465/index.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110225133744/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1080465/index.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 25, 2011 |date=October 23, 1967 |access-date=November 19, 2013}}</ref>
<ref name="si720210">{{cite magazine |first=Pat |last=Putnam |magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]] |title=Cagey Loan To San Antone; All the moribund Dallas Chaparrals needed was a lend-lease move down to San Antonio, a new name, smart deals and live fans |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1089511/index.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013133748/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1089511/index.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 13, 2012 |date=February 10, 1975 |access-date=November 19, 2013}}</ref>
<ref name="si050629">{{cite magazine |first=Brian |last=Cazeneuve |magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]] |title=A League Of Their Own |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1115526/index.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130330005658/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1115526/index.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 30, 2013 |date=June 29, 2005 |access-date=November 19, 2013}}</ref>
}}

==External links==
* [http://www.remembertheaba.com/Dallas-Chaparrals.html Dallas Chaparrals on RememberTheABA.com]

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