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 1986.
After an eighth-place finish in the 1987–88 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 best-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 1985.
Season-by-season records SeasonDivisionTierRegular SeasonPost-SeasonTrophyCupHead coach Finish Played Wins Losses Points Win % Bolton & Bury Giants1987–1988BBLI10th281216240.428Did not qualifyQuarter-final-- Olympic City Giants1988–1989BBLI8th2041680.200Lost in Quarter-finals to Glasgow Rangers, 0–2Quarter-final--
Notable former players Ed Bona Jimmy Brandon Terry Crosby Steve Nelson Robbie Peers Kenny Scott Cleveland Woods Lee Martin
See also British Basketball League
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