Founded: 1936 Joined NBL: 1937 Folded: 1938 Location: Columbus, OH Arena: Built in: Capacity: Titles: 0

The Columbus Athletic Supply played for just one season (1937-1938). During the season, the team finished last in the the National Basketball League’s Eastern Division. The team won just one game and lost twelve. The team forfeited two games this season. Due to its dismal performance, the Columbus Athletic Supply disbanded at the end of the season.

Season  W	L	W/L%	Finish	Playoffs	
1937-38	1	12	.077	6	DNP
	Loss total includes one forfeit loss to Akron Firestone and one forfeit loss to Fort Wayne.
	

Athletic Supply by year and league

1936-37 MBC 
1937-38 NBL
 

Date	Location	Result	Score	Notes
December 26, 1937 (Game 1)	Dayton, OH	Dayton Metropolitans def. Columbus Athletic Supply	23–22
December 26, 1937 (Game 2)	Columbus, OH	Columbus Athletic Supply def. Dayton Metropolitans	31–28
December 29, 1937	Akron, OH	Akron Firestone Non-Skids def. Columbus Athletic Supply	52–33
January 2, 1938	Columbus, OH	Pittsburgh Pirates def. Columbus Athletic Supply	41–37
January 9, 1938	Columbus, OH	Akron Goodyear Wingfoots def. Columbus Athletic Supply	38–17
January 16, 1938	Columbus, OH	Buffalo Bisons def. Columbus Athletic Supply	45–26
January 19, 1938	Pittsburgh, PA	Pittsburgh Pirates def. Columbus Athletic Supply	59–34
January 23, 1938 (Game 1)	Cincinnati, OH	Cincinnati Comellos def. Columbus Athletic Supply	31–16
January 23, 1938 (Game 2)	Cincinnati, OH	Cincinnati Comellos def. Columbus Athletic Supply	28–22
January 23, 1938 (Planned Game 3)	Columbus, OH	Fort Wayne General Electrics won by forfeit	2–0 (Forfeit)	Scheduled game was not played. Official NBL result recorded as a 2–0 victory for Fort Wayne.
February 3, 1938	Columbus, OH	Fort Wayne General Electrics def. Columbus Athletic Supply	50–22
February 18, 1938	Akron, OH	Akron Goodyear Wingfoots def. Columbus Athletic Supply	31–18
February 20, 1938 (Planned Game)	Columbus or Akron, OH	Akron Firestone Non-Skids won by forfeit	2–0 (Forfeit)	Scheduled game was not played. Official NBL result recorded as a 2–0 victory for Akron Firestone.

Cookie Cunningham
Harold "Cookie Cunningham was a two-sport star at The Ohio State University playing both basketball and football. He went on to play for the Cleveland Bulldogs and Chicago Bears of the NFL and the Cleveland Rosenblums and Toledo Red Man Tobaccos for the ABL before joining the Athletic Supply as both a player and coach.

He was not successful as a coach or player for the Athletic Supply and soon turned to coaching fulltime where he was the basketball coach for the University of North Daktoa.

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