Details

Organization:	United States of America Deaf Basketball, Inc.
Contact:	Ira Hendon, III - USADB President
Address:	9630 West Coldspring Road
	Greenfield
	Wisconsin
	53228-2718
	USA
TTY:	414-546-1835
Fax:	414-546-2364
Email:	imhgt@aol.com
URL:	http://www.usadb.org

Description

• The Akron Club of the Deaf in Ohio sponsored the first national basketball tournament in 1945, at which time it established the American Athletic Union of the Deaf. The organization was later renamed the American Athletic Association of the Deaf, and in 1995, the USA Deaf Basketball, Inc. Its purpose is to foster and regulate uniform rules of competition and provide social outlets for deaf members and their friends; serve as a parent organization of 8 regional basketball organizations; conduct annual regional and national basketball competitions; and assist in the participation of USA Basketball Teams in international competition.