The Troy Haymakers were an American

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team based in

Troy, New York Troy is a city in and the county seat of Rensselaer County, New York, United States. It is located on the western edge of the county, on the eastern bank of the Hudson River just northeast of the capital city of Albany, New York, Albany. At the ...

, which was a member of the American Basketball League. After its first season the team was rebranded as the Troy Celtics. During the first half of the 1939/40 season, the team absorbed the

Kingston Colonials The Kingston Colonials were an American basketball team based in Kingston, New Jersey Kingston is an unincorporated community and census designated place (CDP) along the border of South Brunswick Township in Middlesex County and Franklin ...

, on December 19. During the first half of the 1940/41 season, the team moved to Brooklyn whereupon it became the Brooklyn Celtics.

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