Edmonton Grads

Edmonton Grads

"The finest basketball team that ever stepped out on a floor." These were the words of Dr. James Naismith, the man who invented the sport of basketball. He wasn't talking about some of the classic NBA franchises but a woman's basketball team out of Edmonton.

The Edmonton Grads were a basketball team that was together between 1915 and 1940. They hold the North American record for the best winning percentage of all time.

Over the years the Grads put together a record of 522 wins and 20 losses. They won their first Canadian title in 1922 and in 1923 they won the international title. The only time they did not hold the title after 1922, was in 1940 when the team disbanded.

Between 1924 and 1936, the Grads dominated the Olympics. They won all 27 Olympic matches they played, out scoring their opponents 1863 to 297.

The Grads disbanded in 1940 after the outbreak of the Second World War. At that time, the team held 108 local, provincial, national and international titles and had been the undisputed world champions for 17 years in a row.