Cleveland Pipers was a professional basketball team based in Cleveland, Ohio that played in the American Basketball League (ABL) from 1960 to 1962 and in the National Industrial Basketball League (NIBL) from 1961 to 1962. The team was owned by George Steinbrenner, who later became the owner of the New York Yankees baseball team.
The Cleveland Pipers had some notable players on their roster, including Connie Hawkins, who went on to have a successful career in the NBA after the ABL folded. The team won the ABL championship in 1961, but struggled financially and was eventually sold to a group in Pittsburgh and became the Pittsburgh Rens.
The Cleveland Pipers are notable for being the first professional sports team owned by George Steinbrenner and for their involvement in a lawsuit filed by the ABL against the NBA for allegedly trying to monopolize the professional basketball industry. The lawsuit was settled in 1976, with the ABL being awarded $3.2 million in damages.
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