A black Mexican hat on a orange with black trim basketball next to scripted wordmark “ANAHEIM AMIGOS” in black.A black Mexican hat on a orange with black trim basketball.Choose your favorite Anaheim Amigos logo?Typical ABA logos from the Amigos, with the Mexican hat as the key logo figure.A black Mexican hat on a orange with black trim basketball. But looking back, the sentiment is best summed up by former owner Art Kim, who when informed that a story was in the works about his old team, cut to the marrow of the matter:Assemblyman Phil Ting said there is support for providing up to $600 weekly to jobless Californians* They had the league’s worst home record (12-19).But Brightman wouldn’t make it through the season. Recent Game Results Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month 30 Bill Leedom NA NA NA Cal Poly Pomona 20 Steve Chubin G 6-2 200 Rhode Island 12 Les Selvage G 6-1 175 Kirksville (Mo.) “This is a brand-new franchise. In 1962, he moved the Chiefs to Long Beach where the team won its first 10 games and was fighting for the league's top spot when the ABL suddenly disbanded. I asked Lauren if I could sit on the bench until halftime and then I could figure out an excuse to tell my friends. Al Brightman and Harry Dinnel coached the team. There are people who actually saw the Amigos play basketball at the Anaheim Convention Center. Shop your Anaheim Amigos Apparel Store for the latest selection of Amigos Basketball Fan Gear! It became a long season for the Amigos. Much was expected out of 7-foot Larry Bunce from Utah State. The Anaheim Amigos, a team for the ages. Steve Chubin and old pro Les Selvage would provide the long-range firepower.
Their longest win streak: 2.“The fans (in Orange County) didn’t know who the visitors were, either,” Distel said.Kim jumped back with the Globetrotters until he was contacted by ABA officials, who, he said, offered him the pick of any franchise because “I was the only prospective owner who was connected with basketball.” He points out that Pat Boone owned the Oakland Oaks.“There were so many possibilities in the area, if they just would have been willing to stick it out for one more season,” he said.Which is the one thing they seemed to do well.Brightman considered the 6-foot 5-inch Scranton to be a smaller version of Baylor. They were just happy whenever they were paid. There aren’t many; the team averaged about 500 a game in its one season, although it regularly announced attendance as more than 1,000.Crow was on the scout team for half the season, then got his big break in a game against New Jersey. Kim tried promotions to get people into the Convention Center--high school bands before the game, combined dinner-game tickets--but says he never really liked having to drum up support.Some blame Kim’s frugal ways, others say the team was bad, and others think Orange County wasn’t ready for professional basketball.No. What hurt Brightman as a coach was the fact that he had a running team that couldn’t get its hands on the ball. He was fired when the losses kept mounting and was replaced by Harry Dinnel, who had been cut from the team as a player.Liegler said he even had a favorite player, though he can’t remember the player’s name or the position he played.Tom Liegler, who was the general manager of Anaheim Stadium and Convention Center at the time, also saw a lot of games.According to Ed Stotereau, the Convention Center’s manager at the time, the building was enlarged by 120,000 square feet from the original 400,000 just a few years after it opened to keep up with the demand.Sitting on the bench before the Amigos’ next home game, with a few of his friends just a few rows behind, Crow was approached by Lauren Proctor, Kim’s administrative assistant.Kirst changed the team name and fired everyone, including the players.“We never got the support I thought we would,” Kim said. He ended up having to sue the team for more than $6,000 in wages.Kim said: “I didn’t like having to go after publicity or trying to make promotions.