The Troy Haymakers were an American

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team based in

Troy, New York Troy is a city in the U.S. state of New York and the county seat of Rensselaer County. The city is located on the western edge of Rensselaer County and on the eastern bank of the Hudson River. Troy has close ties to the nearby cities of Albany a ...

, that was a member of the American Basketball League. After its first season the team became known 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 T ...

on December 19, 1939. During the first half of the 1940/41 season, the team moved to Brooklyn and became the Brooklyn Celtics.

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