Pittsburgh Pipers

Pittsburgh Pipers

NBA team
name = Pittsburgh Pipers
conference = Eastern Conference
division = East Division
founded = 1967
history = Pittsburgh Pipers (1967-68)
Minnesota Pipers (1968-69)
Pittsburgh Pipers (1969-70)
arena = Civic Arena
city = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
colors = Orange and Blue
coach = Vince Cazzetta (1967-68)
Jim Harding (1968-69)
Vern Mikkelsen (1968-69)
Verl Young (1968-69)
John Clark (1969-70)
Buddy Jeannette (1969-70)
owner = Gabe Rubin (1967-68)
William J. Erickson (1968-70)
league_champs = 1967-68
playoff_appearances = 1 (1967-68)

The Pittsburgh Pipers were a charter member of the American Basketball Association, founded by chairman Doug Melidona. They won the league's first championship in the 1967-1968 season, with star player and ABA MVP Connie Hawkins. They then departed for Minnesota, where they played as the Minnesota Pipers during the 1968-1969 season. The team returned to Pittsburgh to play as the Pipers during the 1969-1970 season, but were crippled from the start when Hawkins jumped to the NBA. After a serious knee injury to guard Charlie Williams, the season became a complete fiasco, and they missed the playoffs with a 29-55 record. They were renamed the Pittsburgh Condors in 1970, and folded in 1972.

Logos & Uniforms

Notes

*Connie Hawkins appeared in "NBA Street V3" as a hidden player wearing his Pipers jersey.

References

Citation
last = Simonich
first = Milan
title = Pittsburgh had its basketball kings for a day in '68
newspaper = Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
year = 2008
date = 3/31/2008
url = http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08091/869340-275.stm
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External links

* [http://www.remembertheaba.com/Pittsburgh-Pipers.html Remember the ABA: Pittsburgh Pipers]


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