Lancaster Red Roses (basketball)

This article is about the basketball team. For the baseball team, see Lancaster Red Roses.
Lancaster Red Roses
Lancaster Red Roses logo
LeaguesEPBL (1946–49, 1953–55)
ABL (1946–47)
EBA (1975–78)
CBA (1978–80)
Founded1946
Folded1980
HistoryWilmington Jets (1957–58)
Allentown Jets (1958–1979)
Lehigh Valley Jets (1979–1981)
ArenaLancaster Armory
LocationLancaster, Pennsylvania
Team colorsred, blue, white
     
Division titlesseveral

The Lancaster Red Roses were a professional basketball team based in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. From 1946 to 1949 and from 1953 to 1955, they played in the Eastern Professional Basketball League, of which the Red Roses were one of the six original teams. The Red Roses also played briefly as the Lancaster Rockets. They were members of the Eastern Basketball Association from 1975 to 1978, and the Continental Basketball Association from 1979 to 1980. The Red Roses were members of the American Basketball League briefly in the 1946-47 season, where they were known as the Lancaster Roses.[1]

  1. ^ "Red Roses basketball team". CBA Museum. Archived from the original on April 30, 2006. Retrieved June 13, 2006.