Early History
Quebradillas Pirates was founded in 1932 as one of the original five teams of the Puerto Rican Basketball League. Among its early star players where Teíque Linares and "Varilla" Lugo. The team participated in one league finales during the 1936 seasons, but the next three decades where characterized by poor performances during the tournament. This changed by the end of the 1960s when a new batch of Puerto Rican players born in New York where signed by the team.
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