Why are the Detroit pistons called that?

Answer 1

There is this guy called Fred Zollner and he decided to make a b-ball team. He was a manager of a car company in Indiana. He named his team the Fort Wayne Pistons. After that somebody relocated the team to Detroit.

Answer 2

Detroit is well known for car manufacturing. The Pistons are named after the engine part. Their mascot is a horse because of the term "horse power" the measurement of how powerful an engine is.

Answer 3

The Detroit Pistons got their name Detroit Pistons because they were named after the owner of the Zollner Machine Works. Their home town was Detroit, so he named them The Detroit Pistons.

Answer 4

Baseball had the Tigers,so the football franchise selected Lions.

Answer 5

The Detroit Pistons began play as the Fort Wayne Pistons in 1941. The founder of the team, Fred Zollner, owned Zollner Corporation which made pistons for car and truck engines.

Answer 6

They are called this because Detroit is one of the biggest automoblie producers in the country, and Pistons are found in cars.