<P> This article details the history of the Golden State Warriors . The history of the Warriors began in Philadelphia in 1946 . In 1962, the franchise was relocated to San Francisco, California and became known as the San Francisco Warriors until 1971, when its name was changed to the current Golden State Warriors . Along with their inaugural championship win in the 1946--47 season, the Warriors have won four others in the team's history, including another in Philadelphia after the 1955--56 season, and three more as Golden State after the 1974--75, 2014--15 and 2016--17 seasons . </P> <P> The Warriors were founded in Philadelphia in 1946 as the Philadelphia Warriors, a charter member of the Basketball Association of America . They were owned by Peter A. Tyrrell, who also owned the Philadelphia Rockets of the American Hockey League . Tyrell hired Eddie Gottlieb, a longtime basketball promoter in the Philadelphia area, as coach and general manager . He named the team after an early professional team in the city . </P> <P> Led by early scoring sensation Joe Fulks, they won the championship in the league's inaugural 1946--47 season by defeating the Chicago Stags, four games to one . (The BAA became the National Basketball Association in 1949 .) Among the individual Warrior highlights of the 1940s, Fulks set an NBA single - game scoring record of 63 points in 1949 that stood for more than ten years . Gottlieb bought the team in 1951 . </P> <P> The Warriors won their other championship as a Philadelphia team in the 1955--56 season, defeating the Fort Wayne Pistons four games to one . The stars of this era in the team's history were future Hall of Famers Paul Arizin, Tom Gola and Neil Johnston . Arizin and Johnston won five of the six NBA scoring titles between the 1951--52 and 1956--57 seasons, while Johnston led the NBA in rebounding and Andy Phillip led the NBA in assists during the 1950s . </P>

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