original question: Which defunct sports team is later known as [New York Giants]?
answer: new york gothams
answer type: Defunct Sports Team.
auxiliary information: The New York Giants played under that name from 1885 to 1957.¬† The Giants were originally the New York Gothams (founded in 1883 by John B. Day and Jim Mutrie).¬† Their home stadium was the original Polo Grounds and its successors.¬† The New York Giants ceased to be after the 1957 when the Team moved west and became the San Francisco Giants.
The [New York Giants] are a later reincarnation of what previously-defunct sports team?