Binghamton Flyers

{{Short description|Former U.S. basketball team}} {{Use American English|date=March 2026}} The '''Binghamton Flyers''' were an American basketball team based in Binghamton, New York that was a member of the Eastern Professional Basketball League.

The Flyers originally began the 1967–68 season as the Bridgeport (Conn.) Flyers, but relocated to Binghamton after starting the season with a 1–11 record.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.slamonline.com/blogs/history-out-of-bounds/#2rAjE8MVTyRupY4P.97|title=A League of Their Own {{!}} SLAMonline|date=2007-12-14|newspaper=SLAMonline|language=en-US|access-date=2017-02-01}}</ref> The Flyers' top scorer in the 1967–68 season was Swish McKinney, who set a league record with 1,206 points in a 32-game season. Herbert Cables served as the general manager while the team was in Bridgeport.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xtsDAAAAMBAJ&dq=bridgeport+flyers+basketball&pg=PA6|title=Ebony|date=1967-11-01|publisher=Johnson Publishing Company|language=en}}</ref>

For the next two seasons, the Flyers guarded the Eastern League basement. Although the team began play for the 1970–71 season in Binghamton, a poor 1–6 start and dwindling home crowds forced the Flyers to relocate to Trenton, New Jersey to finish the year.

The team folded after the 1971 season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mascotdb.com/team.php?id=70818|title=MascotDB.com - Binghamton Flyers|last=Borning|first=Terry|website=www.mascotdb.com|language=en|access-date=2017-02-01}}</ref>

==Year-by-year== {| class="wikitable" !Year !League ! ! ! ! !Reg. season !Playoffs |- |1967/68 |EPBL | | | | |7th |''Did not qualify'' |- |1968/69 |EPBL | | | | |5th, Western |''Did not qualify'' |- |1969/70 |EPBL | | | | |8th |''Did not qualify'' |- |1970/71 |EBA | | | | | |''relocated in mid-season'' |}

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Category:Defunct basketball teams in the United States Category:Continental Basketball Association teams Category:Basketball teams in New York (state) Category:Sports clubs and teams in Binghamton, New York Category:Basketball teams established in 1967 Category:1967 establishments in Connecticut Category:1971 disestablishments in New Jersey Category:Basketball teams disestablished in 1971