Cleveland Pipers | |
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Leagues | NIBL 1959–1961 ABL 1961–1962 |
Founded | 1950s |
Folded | 1962 |
Arena | Cleveland Arena |
Team colors | Red, White & Blue |
The Cleveland Pipers were an American industrial basketball team based in Cleveland, Ohio in the 1950s and early 1960s. The Pipers are mostly known for having played in the short-lived American Basketball League from 1961–62. They were also a power in the day's Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) basketball and the National Industrial Basketball League (NIBL) which peaked in the late 1950s and early 1960s.