# Fred Zollner

> Fred Zollner, nicknamed "Mr. Pro Basketball", was the founder and owner, along with his sister Janet, of the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons and a key figure in the merger of National Basketball League (NBL) and Basketball Association of America (BAA) into the National Basketball Association (NBA) in 1949. He was inducted as a contributor into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

*American industrialist (1901-1982)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/fred-zollner

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Founder ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524))
- **Category:** Founders
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1901-01-22
- **Died:** 1982-06-21
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Fred Zollner, nicknamed "Mr. Pro Basketball", was the founder and owner, along with his sister Janet, of the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons and a key figure in the merger of National Basketball League (NBL) and Basketball Association of America (BAA) into the National Basketball Association (NBA) in 1949. He was inducted as a contributor into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 42.0
- **Momentum:** 1.6

## Sources
- [Fred Zollner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Zollner)
- [Fred Zollner](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Zollner)
- [Fred Zollner](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Zollner)
- [Fred Zollner](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Zollner)
- [فريد زولنير](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D8%B2%D9%88%D9%84%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B1)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1452566)

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