Olympic City Giants
| Olympic City Giants | |||
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| League |
National League 2 (1982–1983) National League 1 (1983–1987) British Basketball League (1987–1989) |
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| Established | 1982 | ||
| Folded | 1989, merged with Manchester Eagles to become Manchester Giants | ||
| History |
Bolton & Bury Lobos 1982–1987 Bolton & Bury Giants 1987–1988 Olympic City Giants 1988–1989 |
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| Location | Oldham, Greater Manchester | ||
| Team colours | Green, White and Gold |
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| Ownership | Mike Shaft | ||
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Olympic City Giants were a professional basketball team based in Oldham, England. Previously based in Bolton and Bury, the team were known as Bolton & Bury Hawks and then Bolton & Bury Giants, the team were founder members of the British Basketball League in 1987.
After an eighth-place finish in the 1988–89 Carlsberg League campaign, Giants qualified for their first and only BBL-era Play-off. They drew top seed Glasgow Rangers, and were soundly beaten in both games of the bet-of-three series by the regular season Champions.
In 1989 after encountering several financial difficulties, Olympic City Giants formally merged with Manchester Eagles (formerly Manchester United) to become Manchester Giants, marking a return of the famous name after a three-year absence, following a merger between the original Manchester Giants and Manchester United in 1986.
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