[DOC] [TLE] Cleveland Pipers book excerpts (photos) - Cleveland.com [PAR] Nov 23, 2015 ... The Cleveland Pipers, champions of a visionary league, were undermined ... the 
story of Cleveland's only pro modern-day basketball champion to date. ... to hire 
McLendon to coach his new Cleveland team in a semi-professional ... York 
Yankees owner was making his first venture into professional sports. [DOC] [TLE] Cleveland Pipers - Wikipedia [PAR] The Cleveland Pipers was an American industrial basketball team based in 
Cleveland, Ohio in the 1950s and early 1960s. The Pipers are most known for 
having played in the short-lived American Basketball League from 196162, 
arguably as that brief pro league's pivotal ... Team owner George Steinbrenner 
got his start in professional sports... [DOC] [TLE] American Basketball League (196163) - Wikipedia [PAR] In Cleveland, Steinbrenner's coach was the legendary John McLendon, who 
became the first African-American coach of a major pro basketball team. He was
... [DOC] [TLE] Answers - The Epoch Times [PAR] How many Yankees were on the 1939 American League All Star team that 
played ... His highly praised When It Was Just a Game: Remembering the First 
Super ...... Gray was a longtime New York City semipro star who played in 77 
games for the ...... sports promoter and part owner of the Minnesota Lakers 
basketball team;... [DOC] [TLE] Blasts From the Past: What Did Basketball Stars Do in "Real World ... [PAR] Averaged 26.2 ppg (second in the league) with the ABL's Cleveland Pipers in 
1961-62. .... After his pro basketball career bottomed out, Bell tried to pursue a 
career .... Worked for and played in the Sports Legends Fantasy Camp in Dallas. 
.... Omar "Bud" Browning, Oklahoma - AAU All-American first-team selection with
... [DOC] [TLE] Defunct Teams, Defunct Leagues [Archive] - TheBoards - TheBoards ... [PAR] Debate still rages over whether Las Vegas is truly a pro sports city. ... One of the 
more notable pro basketball teams based in Las Vegas from a decade ago. ... 
The league turned its back on the Bandits when owner Jackie Robinson .... The 
Silver Streaks won the first WBL title in 1988 over the Chicago (later... [DOC] [TLE] apbr.org  View topic - From the APBR archives - Association for ... [PAR] May 17, 2007 ... Lemon had succeeded Goose Tatum, the team's first great star, as the ..... 
Sauldsberry talked up the venture as he accepted his award from the .... "From 
the players, the fans, the coaching staff to the owners, it was just a clean situation.
" ...... Schultz played basketball but not baseball for the Hamline Pipers. [DOC] [TLE] From the APBR archives - Association for Professional Basketball ... [PAR] Jun 4, 2007 ... Player, last team Height First season Last season ..... Their team, not unlike those 
today in smaller professional sports markets, was .... Cats, the Akron Goodyear-
Wingfoots, New York Tuck Tapers and Cleveland Pipers. ..... By May 1949, new 
Hawk owners Andy George and player-coach Charley Shipp had... [DOC] [TLE] View - OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center [PAR] May 16, 2014 ... This was the first sports venture for either man. Prior to ...... with a former semi-pro 
team that played in Cleveland in the 1920s. In a new contest... [DOC] [TLE] IMDb: Thee Complete List of All Sports Movies Ranked - a list by ... [PAR] Dec 29, 2013 ... The first few pages are most all the best all time movies ranked best 2 ... 
basketball team to become a top contender for the championship. .... The new 
owner of the Cleveland Indians puts together a purposely .... A semi-fictional 
account of life as a professional Football .... Image of The Pride of the Yankees. [DOC] [TLE] Book Reviews - HSL Home [PAR] The Era: 1947-1957 When the Yankees, the Giants and the Dodges Ruled the 
...... George was the principal owner of the Cleveland Pipers ABA basketball team
, and if he ... eye among Clevelandites in his first venture into sports team 
ownership. ... I didn't know this

Question: This Yankee owner's first sports venture was the Cleveland Pipers semipro basketball team
Answer: George Steinbrenner