(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Pirates Primary Logo Pirates Alternate Logo Pirates Wordmark Logo The high point of the Big East era for Seton Hall came when P. J. Carlesimo was hired in 1982 and the team began playing in the Meadowlands Arena. By 1988, Carlesimo led the Pirates to the school’s first NCAA tournament appearance, and in 1989, he …
Shreveport Pirates Team History
Got Questions? Discover NowWe Have Answers 1994 1995 Shreveport Pirates Team Formation The Pirates were created when Bernard Glieberman and his son Lonnie, owners of the Ottawa Rough Riders, expressed a desire to move the struggling franchise to the United States. The CFL rejected this move, but engineered a deal in which the Rough Riders were essentially split in two. The Gliebermans received …
Pittsburgh Pirates (Hockey) Team History
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 1925 1928 1930 Pirates (Hockey) Formation Pittsburgh was granted a franchise by the National Hockey League on November 7, 1925. The move came after Eddie Livingstone, the former owner of the Toronto Shamrocks and the Toronto Blueshirts of the National Hockey Association saw Pittsburgh as a possible member for a proposed rival league to the NHL; Pittsburgh had, in the 1890s, been the …
Pittsburgh Pirates Team History
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 1882 1909 1925 1960 1970 1971 1979 2001 Pittsburgh Pirates Team Formation The new owners also signed up several players from American Association teams. One of them was highly regarded second baseman Lou Bierbauer, who had previously played with the A.A.’s Philadelphia Athletics. The Athletics failed to include him on their reserve list, and the …
Pittsburgh Pirates (Football) Team History
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 1933 Pittsburgh Pirates (Football) Team Formation In May 1933, in anticipation of the repeal of some of Pennsylvania’s restrictive laws in the fall of that year, Rooney applied for a franchise with the NFL. His request was granted on May 19, 1933, and the Pittsburgh Professional Football Club, Inc. joined the NFL in exchange for …