Kentucky Colonels

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Kentucky Colonels
(primary logo 1967-1970) (primary logo 1970-1976)
Team information
Founded	1967
Disbanded	1976
History	Kentucky Colonels (1967-1976)
Arena	Louisville Convention Center (1967–1970) Freedom Hall (1970–1976)
City	Louisville, Kentucky
Personnel
Owners	(1967) Don Regan (1967–1969) Joseph E. Gregory, Mamie Gregory and William C. Boone , (1973–1976) H. Wendell Cherry, Bill DeWitt, Stuart Jay, David Jones, John Y. Brown, Jr. and Mike Storen (1969-1973) John Y. Brown, Jr. and Ellie Brown
Head coaches	(1967) John Givens (1967–1970) Gene Rhodes (1970) Alex Groza (1970–1971) Frank Ramsey (1971–1973) Joe Mullaney (1973–1974) Babe McCarthy (1974–1976) Hubie Brown
Championships & other titles
Championships	1 (1975)

The Kentucky Colonels were an American professional basketball team in the American Basketball Association team. They played in the ABA in every season of the league's existence, but folded on August 5, 1976, on the eve of the merger with the National Basketball Association. The Colonels won the most games and had the highest winning percentage of any franchise in the league's history, but the team did not join the NBA in the 1976 ABA-NBA merger. The Colonels were based in Freedom Hall for their final six seasons beginning with the 1970-71 schedule, having played the previous three seasons at the downtown Louisville Convention Center (now known as The Gardens).