The Homestead Young Americans were an American basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

 team based in Homestead, Pennsylvania

Homestead, Pennsylvania

Homestead is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA, in the "Mon Valley," southeast of downtown Pittsburgh and directly across the river from the city limit line. The borough is known for the Homestead Strike of 1892, an important event in the history of labor relations in the United...

 that was a member of the Central Basketball League

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 Secretary prior to 1908 and President of the League...

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The team was replaced by Canton

Canton (basketball)

Canton was an American basketball team based in Canton, Ohio that was a member of the Central Basketball League. The team replaced the Homestead Young Americans during the 1906/07 Postseason Series.-Year-by-year:...

during the 1906/07 Postseason Series, but returned to the league the following season. For their final season, the team was known as the Homestead Steeltowners. The team dropped out of the league that season and forfeited their final 10 games.

Year-by-year

Year	League	Reg. Season	Playoffs
1906/07	CBL	4th (Regular Season)	N/A
1907/08	CBL	3rd	No playoff
1908/09	CBL	1st	Champion (no playoff)
1909/10	CBL	4th	No playoff
1910/11	CBL	5th	No playoff