The club was formed in 1932 as a sports club for a school in the neighbourhood of
Munkkiniemi in Helsinki. Their men's team played for the first time in the predecessor of
Korisliiga in 1956 and continued to play a total of 51 seasons in
Korisliiga and seven seasons in lower divisions between 1956 and their dissolution in 2013. The women's team played in the highest tier for the first time in 1962, but never managed to establish itself in the league. Torpan Pojat also played in international competitions. They got their first international match in the 1960–61 season of the
FIBA Champion's Cup. The men's team played
BC Sparta Prague in the first round, losing both legs (56–65, 47–68). They appeared in the competition also in 1966–67, 1981–82, 1983–84 and 1986–87. The men's team played twice in the
Korać Cup (1988–89 and 1989–90) and four times in the
Saporta Cup (1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99 and 1999-00). Torpan Pojat made their record attendance of 9626 in the 1996–97 season of the cup in a game against
CSK Samara. They also played once in the
VTB United League (2011–12). Former
NBA players
Dennis Rodman and
Scottie Pippen have played for Torpan Pojat. Rodman played one game on 6 November 2005, against
Espoon Honka. Rodman played 28 minutes, scored 17 points, and grabbed 6 rebounds. Fifteen of his 17 points were made behind the 3-point line, with a total of 13 attempts from beyond the arc. Pippen played two games in 2008. He played on 4 January 2008 against
Porvoon Tarmo scoring 12 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals in 23 minutes. On 5 January, against
Honka, he had 9 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals in 29 minutes. Torpan Pojat was unable to acquire a license to play in
Korisliiga for the 2012–2013 season, and were then relegated to a lower division. After the 2012–2013 season spent in a lower division, Torpan Pojat men's team was dissolved and their place in the second level of Finnish basketball, Division I A was transferred to the newly formed
Helsinki Seagulls along with the remaining players. ==Honours==