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 bet-of-three series by the regular season Champions.

Olympic City Giants

In 1988 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.

Olympic City Giants

Season-by-season records

Notable former players

Ed Bona

Jimmy Brandon

Terry Crosby

Steve Nelson

Robbie Peers

Kenny Scott

Cleveland Woods

Lee Martin

See also

British Basketball League

References

Defunct basketball teams in the United Kingdom

1981 establishments in England

Basketball teams disestablished in 1989

Basketball teams established in 1981

1989 disestablishments in England

Sport in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury

Sport in Bolton

Sport in Oldham

Former British Basketball League teams

Olympic City Giants