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#102210 - Tue Apr 25 2000 09:27 AM Team Names.
Anonymous No longer registered	Does anyone know how the 49ers and the 76ers got their names? Seems pretty strange for a team to have a number as a name.
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#102211 - Tue Apr 25 2000 10:07 AM Re: Team Names.
Partsdude Prolific Registered: Thu Dec 23 1999 Posts: 1509 Loc: Michigan USA	I believe the 49ers refers to the gold miners from the 1849 Calfornia gold rush and the 76ers refers to Philadephia in 1776- the year of American Independence from the mean old British. _________________________ Don't look back, something might be gaining on you. -Satchel Paige
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#102212 - Tue Apr 25 2000 11:05 PM Re: Team Names.
gtho4 Administrator Registered: Sun Dec 26 1999 Posts: 54484 Loc: Sydney oz downunder	thanks harry and Partsdude, that's always been a niggling question I've been dying to have answered.
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#102213 - Thu Apr 27 2000 09:35 PM Re: Team Names.
gtho4 Administrator Registered: Sun Dec 26 1999 Posts: 54484 Loc: Sydney oz downunder	Harry, hop over to Fun & Games and join in the Tivia Shootout, this month's game has just finished and there's a new one starting on Monday .. ean mporis
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