Colored Basketball World's Champions

From Hoopedia

New York Age journalist Lester Walton coined the term Colored Basketball World's Champion around 1907. The Age at the time was the nation's most widely circulated African American newspaper. The phrase came to denote the best Black team in the nation, as deemed by the general consensus of informed observers. For more information, see Hot Potato: The Birth of Black Basketball.

1907-08 Smart Set Athletic Club of Brooklyn

1908-09 Smart Set Athletic Club of Brooklyn

1909-10 Washington (DC) 12th Street Colored YMCA

1910-11 Howard University

1911-12 Monticello Athletic Association

1912-13 Alpha Physical Culture Club/Howard University

1913-14 St. Christopher Club

1914-15 New York Incorporators

1915-16 Hampton Institute

1916-17 New York Incorporators/St. Christopher Club

1917-18 St. Christopher Club/New York Incorporators

1918-19 St. Christopher Club