The East Liverpool Potters were an American

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team based in

East Liverpool, Ohio East Liverpool is a city in southeastern Columbiana County, Ohio, United States. The population was 9,958 at the 2020 census. It lies along the Ohio River within the Upper Ohio Valley and borders Pennsylvania to the east and West Virginia to t ...

that was a member of the

Central Basketball League The Central Basketball League was an early regional professional or semi-pro basketball league based in Ohio and Pennsylvania. The league disbanded on November 12, 1912, after playing a few exhibition games. Joseph "Joe" Meech Leithead served as S ...

. In their first season, the team won the regular season and came in second for the postseason series. A championship game was scheduled with

Pittsburgh South Side The Pittsburgh South Side was an American basketball team that was based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was a member of the Central Basketball League and the various incarnations of the Western Pennsylvania Basketball League. History The Pittsbu ...

, the winner of the postseason series, but East Liverpool refused to play because the two teams could not agree on the officials. After getting only 4 wins in 61 games, the team dropped out of the league and was replaced by

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for the final 10 games of the 1908–09 season.

Year-by-year

Roster

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