Sports in Pittsburgh
Past

Sports in Pittsburgh

Section Title: Past
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Club	Sport	League	Venue	First season (in Pittsburgh)	Last season (in Pittsburgh)	Championships (in Pittsburgh)	Fate of team

Allegheny Athletic Association	American football	Western Pennsylvania Professional Football Circuit	Recreation Park	1890	1896	1890, 1892, 1894, 1896	Club folded team

Duquesne Country and Athletic Club	American football	Western Pennsylvania Professional Football Circuit	Exposition Park III	1895	1900	1895, 1898, 1899	Club folded team

Duquesne Country and Athletic Club	ice hockey	Western Pennsylvania Hockey League	Duquesne Gardens, Winter Garden at Exposition Hall	1908	1920	Club folded team

Fort Pitt Hornets	ice hockey	United States Amateur Hockey Association,	Duquesne Gardens	1924	1925	Team partially merged into the Pittsburgh Pirates

Glassport Odds	American football	Western Pennsylvania Professional Football Circuit	??	1913	1950	Folded

Harmarville Hurricanes	soccer	U.S. Open Cup, National Amateur Cup	??	1947	1967	1952, 1956	Folded

Homestead Grays	baseball	Negro League	Forbes Field	1912	1950	1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1943, 1944, 1948	Folded

Homestead Library & Athletic Club	American football	Western Pennsylvania Professional Football Circuit	Carnegie Library of Homestead	1900	1901	1900, 1901	Club folded team

Hope-Harvey/Majestic Radios/J.P. Rooneys	American football	Independent	Exposition Park III	1921	1932	1930, 1931	Team morphed into the Pittsburgh Pirates/Steelers

McKeesport Olympics	American football	Western Pennsylvania Professional Football Circuit, Independent	??	1896	c. 1940	Folded

Pennsylvania Enforcers/Pittsburgh Cougars	ice hockey	America East Hockey League	IceoPlex at Southpointe	2007	2009	Folded

Pennsylvania Pit Bulls/Pittsburgh Hard Hats/Pittsburgh Xplosion	basketball	American Basketball Association, Continental Basketball Association	Pittsburgh Civic Arena / Peterson Events Center	2004	2008	Folded

Pittsburgh	baseball	Ohio–Pennsylvania League	??	1912	1912	Relocated to New Martinsville after just 4 days

Pitcairn Quakers	American football	Western Pennsylvania Professional Football Circuit	Broadway Stadium	1904	1920	Folded

Pittsburgh Allegheny	baseball	International Association for Professional Base Ball Players	Union Park	1876	1878	Folded

Pittsburgh Americans	American football	American Football League II	Forbes Field	1936	1937	Folded

Pittsburgh Athletic Club	American football	Western Pennsylvania Professional Football Circuit	East Liberty Park	1891	1898	1891	Folded team

Pittsburgh Athletic Club	ice hockey	Western Pennsylvania Hockey League	Duquesne Gardens	1899	1909	1899, 1900, 1901	Folded team

Pittsburgh Bankers	ice hockey	Western Pennsylvania Hockey League	Duquesne Gardens	1900	1909	1903, 1908, 1909	Club folded team

Pittsburgh Bulls	indoor lacrosse	Major Indoor Lacrosse League	Pittsburgh Civic Arena	1990	1993	Folded

Pittsburgh Burghers	baseball	Players' League	Exposition Park III	1890	1890	Folded with the League

Pittsburgh Cannons	soccer	American Soccer League	??	1972	1972	Folded

Pittsburgh Crawfords	baseball	Independent, Negro National League (II), Negro American League	Greenlee Field	1931	1938	1932*, 1933*, 1934, 1935, 1936	Relocated to Toledo

Pittsburgh CrosseFire	indoor lacrosse	National Lacrosse League	Mellon Arena	2000	2000	Relocated to Washington D.C.

Pittsburgh Filipinos	baseball	United States Baseball League, Federal League	Exposition Park III	1912	1913	1912	Became the Pittsburgh Stogies/Rebels

Pittsburgh Force	women's American football	Women's Football Alliance	Campbell Field Munhall, Pennsylvania	2009	2014	Inactive

Pittsburgh Forge	ice hockey	Island Sports Center	North American Hockey League	2001	2004	2003	Relocated to Toledo

Pittsburgh Gladiators	arena football	Pittsburgh Civic Arena	Arena Football League	1987	1990	Relocated to Tampa

Pittsburgh Hornets	ice hockey	American Hockey League	Duquesne Gardens, Pittsburgh Civic Arena	1936-37	1966-67	1951–52, 1954–55, 1966–67	Folded

Pittsburgh Ironmen	basketball	Basketball Association of America	Duquesne Gardens	1946–47	1946-47	Folded

Pittsburgh Keystones	baseball	Negro National League	Ammon Field	1887 1921	1887, 1922	Folded

Pittsburgh Keystones	ice hockey	Western Pennsylvania Hockey League	Schenley Park Casino, Duquesne Gardens	1895	1904	1902	Club folded team

Pittsburgh Lyceum	American football	Western Pennsylvania Professional Football Circuit	Duquesne University, Recreation Park	1902	192?	Club folded team

Pittsburgh Lyceum	ice hockey	Western Pennsylvania Hockey League	Duquesne Gardens, Winter Garden	1907	1920	Club folded team

Pittsburgh Maulers	American football	United States Football League	Three Rivers Stadium	1984	1984	Folded

Pittsburgh Monticello/Loendi	basketball	Black Fives League	??	1903	192?	1912, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923	Folded

Pittsburgh Phantoms	basketball	American Basketball Association	Langley High School, Carnegie Library of Homestead	2009	2010	Folded

Pittsburgh Phantoms	soccer	United Soccer Association	Forbes Field	1967	1967	Folded

Pittsburgh Phantoms	roller hockey	Roller Hockey International	Pittsburgh Civic Arena	1994	1994	Folded

Pittsburgh Pipers/Condors	basketball	American Basketball Association	Pittsburgh Civic Arena	1967–68	1970–72	1967–68	Folded

Pittsburgh Piranhas	basketball	Continental Basketball Association	A.J. Palumbo Center	1994-95	1994-95	Folded

Pittsburgh Pirates	ice hockey	National Hockey League	Duquesne Gardens	1925-26	1929–1930	Relocated to Philadelphia

Pittsburgh Pirates / Raiders	basketball	National Basketball League	??	1937–39	1945	Folded

Pittsburgh Pirates (WPHL)	ice hockey	Western Pennsylvania Hockey League	Duquesne Gardens	1907	1908	Folded

Pittsburgh Power	arena football	Arena Football League	CONSOL Energy Center	2011	2014	Folded

Pittsburgh Professionals	ice hockey	International Professional Hockey League	Duquesne Gardens	1904	1907	Folded with the League

Pittsburgh Rebellion	women's American football	Legends Football League	Highmark Stadium	2017	2017	Currently inactive due to inability to find home venue for 2018 season; expected to return for 2019 season

Pittsburgh Rens	basketball	American Basketball League	Pittsburgh Civic Arena	1961	1963	Folded with the League

Pittsburgh Shamrocks	ice hockey	International Hockey League	Duquesne Gardens	1935-36	1935-36	Folded

Pittsburgh South Side	basketball	Western Pennsylvania Basketball League/ Central Basketball League	??	1903	1915	1904, 1907, 1913	Folded

Pittsburgh Spirit	indoor soccer	Major Soccer League	Pittsburgh Civic Arena	1978	1986	Folded

Pittsburgh Stars	American football	National Football League (1902)	Recreation Park	1902	1902	1902	Folded with the League

Pittsburgh Stingers	indoor soccer	Continental Indoor Soccer League	Pittsburgh Civic Arena	1994	1995	Folded

Pittsburgh Stogies	baseball	Union Association	Exposition Park II	1884	1884	Folded with the League

Pittsburgh Stogies/Rebels	baseball	Federal League	Exposition Park III	1914	1915	Folded with the League

Pittsburgh Triangles	tennis	World TeamTennis	Pittsburgh Civic Arena	1974	1976	1975	Folded

Pittsburgh Victorias	ice hockey	Western Pennsylvania Hockey League	Duquesne Gardens	1902	1904	1903	Club folded team

Pittsburgh Winter Garden	ice hockey	Independent	Winter Garden at Exposition Hall	1915	1916	Club folded team

Pittsburgh Yellow Jackets	ice hockey	United States Amateur Hockey Association,	Duquesne Gardens	1915	1925	1924, 1925	Became the Pittsburgh Pirates

Pittsburgh Yellow Jackets	ice hockey	International Hockey League, Eastern Amateur Hockey League	Duquesne Gardens	1930-31	1936-1937	Folded

Steel City Derby Demons	roller derby	Women's Flat Track Derby Association	Romp'n Roll Roller Skating Rink	2006	2006	Folded

Sentence(s)

The Pittsburgh Triangles won the World TeamTennis title in 1975.
The Pittsburgh Triangles were a perennial championship contender in the 1970s and won in 1975.
The Pittsburgh Triangles won the world title for tennis in Pittsburgh in 1975.

final_sentence: The Pittsburgh Triangles won the World TeamTennis title in 1975.
final_sentence: The Pittsburgh Triangles were a perennial championship contender in the 1970s and won in 1975.
final_sentence: The Pittsburgh Triangles won the world title for tennis in Pittsburgh in 1975.