MOBERLY, MO (KCTV) -

Women's basketball has come a long way over the years.

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.

They were called the All American Red Heads, and for 50 years, they entertained basketball fans in all 50 states.

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.

"We were just like sisters," Brenda O'Bryan Koester said.

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.

"We traveled seven nights a week and we played seven nights a week for seven months," she said.

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.

"The Red Heads need to be remembered as the trailblazers of the game because we showed that women could play ball," Koester said.

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