Kansas City Steers
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The Kansas City Steers were an American basketball team based in Kansas City, Missouri that was a member of the American Basketball League. In their final season, 1963, their General Manager was Mike Cleary (for whom John Carroll University's Sports Studies Program is named), who had left George Steinbrenner's Cleveland Pipers the year before. When the ABL folded, 5 Kansas City Steers basketball players, including Bill Bridges and Larry Staverman, transitioned to the NBA.
Year-by-year
Year | League | Reg. Season | Playoffs |
---|---|---|---|
1961/62 | ABL | 1st, Western | Finals |
1962/63 | ABL | 1st | Champion (no playoff) |
Categories:
- American Basketball League (1961–63) teams
- Sports in the Kansas City metropolitan area
- Basketball teams in Missouri
- Sports clubs established in 1961
- Sports clubs disestablished in 1963
- 1961 establishments in Missouri
- 1963 disestablishments in Missouri
- Midwestern United States basketball team stubs
- Missouri sport stubs