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Basketball team
Pittsburgh Rens
Leagues
American Basketball League (1961–62)
Founded
1961
Folded
1962
Arena
Pittsburgh Civic Arena
Team colors
Blue and white
Head coach
Neil Johnston
The Pittsburgh Rens were an American basketball team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, that was a member of the American Basketball League from 1961–1962.
many decades against the New York Rens and eventually bought the rights to the Rens' name. Because of the Pittsburgh Renaissance urban renewal project...
basketball league having blackballed him, Hawkins played one season for the PittsburghRens of the American Basketball League (ABL), an aspiring rival to the NBA...
Pittsburgh Ironmen (1947–48 NBA inaugural season), the PittsburghRens (1961–63), the Pittsburgh Pipers (first American Basketball Association championship...
York during 1961–62 season; as New York Tapers in 1961–62 and the PittsburghRens (1961–1963). On March 27, 1961, the Pipers announced that they would...
Trail Blazers and at Wake Forest University. Johnston coached the PittsburghRens of the American Basketball League and the Wilmington Blue Bombers of...
hosted the 1995 CBA finalist Pittsburgh Piranhas, the PittsburghRens of the ABL and the Pittsburgh Ironmen of the BAA. Pittsburgh currently hosts three major...
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in free throw attempts in his NBA career. Wells also played for the PittsburghRens in the American Basketball League before the league folded in December...
from being drafted or signed to a team, so Hightower signed with the PittsburghRens of the upstart American Basketball League (ABL) for the 1961–62 season...
York during 1961–62 season; as New York Tapers in 1961–62 and the PittsburghRens (1961–1963). The Majors were owned by Abe Saperstein. Former Globetrotter...
Invitation Tournament title and later played professionally with the PittsburghRens of the American Basketball League. Seiden was so highly respected by...
Basketball League (NIBL) during the 1960–61 season and tried out for the PittsburghRens of the American Basketball League (ABL) prior to the 1961–62 season...
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(1957–1961) and Chicago Packers (1961–1962). He played one season with the PittsburghRens (1962–1963) of the American Basketball League. Tyra averaged 8.9 points...
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Cincinnati Royals 1960 St. Louis Hawks 1960–1961 New York Knicks 1961–1963 PittsburghRens Career highlights and awards NIT champion (1956) No. 9 jersey honored...
Basketball League teams—the Los Angeles Jets, Chicago Majors, and PittsburghRens—before spending a few seasons with the Allentown Jets. He then played...
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rules and regulations at the time. Hawkins would later play with the PittsburghRens of the rivaling American Basketball League and the independent Harlem...
forward Number 71 Career history 1961–1962 Cincinnati Royals 1962–1963 PittsburghRens Career highlights and awards NCAA champion (1961) Career NBA statistics...