Olympic City Giants

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.

LeagueNational Basketball League (1981–1987)
British Basketball League (1987–1989)

Established1981

Folded1989, merged with Manchester Eagles to become Manchester Giants

HistoryBolton & Bury Lobos
1981–1986
Bolton & Bury Hawks
1986–1987
Bolton & Bury Giants
1987–1988
Olympic City Giants
1988–1989

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Olympic City Giants
League	National Basketball League (1981–1987) British Basketball League (1987–1989)
Established	1981
Folded	1989, merged with Manchester Eagles to become Manchester Giants
History	Bolton & Bury Lobos 1981–1986 Bolton & Bury Hawks 1986–1987 Bolton & Bury Giants 1987–1988 Olympic City Giants 1988–1989
Location	Oldham, Greater Manchester
Team colours	Green, White and Gold
Ownership	Mike Shaft
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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.^[1]