MOBERLY, MO (KCTV) - <\/p>\n
Women's basketball has come a long way over the years. <\/p>\n
Up until the 1930s, women weren't allowed to play because doctors said it was bad for their body. But one traveling women's team changed all that, and it began in Missouri. <\/p>\n
They were called the All American Red Heads, and for 50 years, they entertained basketball fans in all 50 states. <\/p>\n
This all-girls traveling team was started way back in 1936 in Cassville, MO. The team played thousands of games over that 50-year span and suited up nearly 330 players. They were good, really good - one traveling team once won 96 games in 96 days. <\/p>\n
\"We were just like sisters,\" Brenda O'Bryan Koester said. <\/p>\n
Koester was fresh out of high school when she joined the All American Red Heads, a traveling professional women's basketball team, and she played with them from 1970 through 1973. <\/p>\n
\"We traveled seven nights a week and we played seven nights a week for seven months,\" she said. <\/p>\n
The Red Heads quickly became known for their trick shots and incredible basketball skills. They also went toe-to-toe against male teams, shocking some and proving that women could play the sport. <\/p>\n
\"The Red Heads need to be remembered as the trailblazers of the game because we showed that women could play ball,\" Koester said. <\/p>\n
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