The franchise was established following the actions of Stuart Symington, then-United States Senator from Missouri, who demanded a new franchise for the city after the Athletics ( Kansas City's previous major league team from 1955 to 1967 ) moved to Oakland, California.

The Athletics baseball franchise played in the city of fountains from 1955 to 1967, after moving from Philadelphia and before moving to Oakland.

The history of the Athletics Major League Baseball franchise spans the period from 1901 to the present day, having begun in Philadelphia before moving to Kansas City in 1955 and then to its current home in Oakland, California in 1968.

The City Series was the name of a series of baseball games played between the Philadelphia Athletics of the American League and the Phillies that ran from 1903 through 1955.

* Philadelphia Athletics ( became the Kansas City Athletics in 1955 and the Oakland Athletics in 1968 )

* 1955: Philadelphia Athletics move to Kansas City

* Oakland Athletics enfranchised 1901 * in Philadelphia, moved to Kansas City ( 1955 ) and to Oakland ( 1968 )

* Frankie Hayes ( 1914 – 1955 ), catcher in Major League Baseball from 1933-47 who batted and threw right-handed, and played for the Philadelphia Athletics for most of his career.

The first IL team in Ohio's capital, the Columbus Jets, was the transplanted Ottawa Athletics which moved to Columbus in 1955.

# REDIRECT History of the Oakland Athletics # Kansas City ( 1955 – 1967 )

Finley first attempted to buy the Philadelphia Athletics in 1954, but American League owners instead approved the sale of the team to Arnold Johnson, who moved the A's to Kansas City for the 1955 season.

He became the first manager of the Kansas City Athletics in 1955, after their move from Philadelphia.

Apparently the Yankees ' management knew what they had done, because in the remaining two years of his career, with the Cardinals and Kansas City Athletics ( who signed him as a free agent on April 28, 1955 when the Cardinals released him ), Raschi won only 12 games while losing 16.

He played in Major League Baseball as a shortstop for the Chicago White Sox ( 1950 – 1955 ), Cleveland Indians ( 1956 – 1958 ), Kansas City Athletics ( 1958 ) and the Baltimore Orioles ( 1959 ).

Carrasquel had 5 hits and scored 5 runs in a game against the Kansas City Athletics on April 23, 1955.

* On August 12, 2007, Ordóñez hit two home runs in an eight-run second-inning of an 11 – 6 win over the Oakland Athletics, becoming the second batter in Tigers ' history to achieve this feat ; Al Kaline had done so on April 17, 1955 in a 16 – 0 win over the then-Kansas City Athletics.

They mostly barnstormed in the early-to-mid-1930s, but used Muehlebach ( later known as Ruppert Stadium or Blues Stadium at different times ) from 1937 until 1954, when they went to full-time barnstorming in response to the arrival of the Kansas City Athletics in 1955 because they had to pay more money to use the stadium.

Colavito batting for the History of the Oakland Athletics # Kansas City ( 1955 – 1967 ) | Kansas City A's during 1964 Spring Training.

Larsen pitched for the St. Louis Browns / Baltimore Orioles ( 1953 – 1954 ; 1965 ), New York Yankees ( 1955 – 1959 ), Kansas City Athletics ( 1960 – 1961 ), Chicago White Sox ( 1961 ), San Francisco Giants ( 1962 – 1964 ), Houston Colt. 45's / Houston Astros ( 1964 – 1965 ), and Chicago Cubs ( 1967 ).

The Athletics moved to Kansas City in 1955, where he finished in second place in the batting race that season.

The stadium was razed and rebuilt prior to the 1955 baseball season and hosted the American League Kansas City Athletics from 1955 to 1967, the American League Kansas City Royals from 1969 to 1972, and the American Football League and National Football League Kansas City Chiefs from 1963 to 1971, as well as other short-lived professional teams.

** Men's Board-a-Match Teams ( 2 ) 1946, 1955

Iowa also has 22 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament appearances, including three Final Fours, reaching the semifinals in 1955 and 1980 and playing in the championship game against the University San Francisco in 1956.

** Men's Board-a-Match Teams ( 3 ) 1948, 1955, 1965

* 2002-The University of California Men's 8 wins its 4th straight IRA Gold medal ( 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 ), the first four-peat since Cornell ( 1955 – 1958 ).

In basketball, Allen County War Memorial Coliseum has hosted two NBA Finals, in 1955 and 1956, as well as the NBA All-Star Game in 1953 in addition to hosting the 2000, 2001, and 2002 Mid-Continent Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments.

While it was the home of the UK men's basketball team, it hosted the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament ten times, four times as a regional site ( 1957, 1958, 1967, 1968 ) and six more as a sub-regional site ( 1955, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1967, 1975 ).

Men's Conference Championships ( 41 ): 1934, 1938, 1940, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004

Bradley Ernest Davis ( born on December 17, 1955, in Rochester, Pennsylvania ) is a retired professional basketball player who spent the bulk of his National Basketball Association career with the Dallas Mavericks.

The National Basketball Association Most Valuable Player ( MVP ) is an annual National Basketball Association ( NBA ) award given since the 1955 – 56 NBA season to the best performing player of the season.

* American Basketball League ( 1925 – 1955 ), the first major professional basketball league

** American Basketball League ( 1925 – 1955 ), an early professional basketball league

Moses Eugene Malone ( born March 23, 1955 in Petersburg, Virginia ) is a retired American Hall of Fame basketball player who starred in both the American Basketball Association and the National Basketball Association.

Micheal " Sugar " Ray Richardson ( born April 11, 1955 ) is an American former professional basketball player and currently the head coach of the London Lightning of the National Basketball League of Canada.

Playing for the National Basketball Association's Rochester Royals ( which became the Cincinnati Royals in 1957 ) from 1955 to 1958, Stokes grabbed 38 rebounds in a single game during his rookie season, averaged 16. 3 rebounds per game overall, and was named NBA Rookie of the Year.

Category: Basketball clubs established in 1955

Category: Basketball clubs established in 1955

Category: American Basketball League ( 1925 – 1955 ) coaches

NBA on NBC is the former weekly presentation of National Basketball Association games on the National Broadcasting Company television network from 1955 to 1962, and again from 1990 to 2002.

Hinkle was president of the National Association of Basketball Coaches from 1954 to 1955, and served on their board.

* In the 1955 Danny Kaye film The Court Jester the Jackson Zouaves American Legion Drill Team from Jackson, Michigan, is seen performing a humorous drill routine using the traditional Zouave quick-march.

* Team Berlin ( 1955 ) ( short subject )

There, in the Ontario Rugby Football Union ( ORFU ), he received the Jim Shanks ( Team MVP ) Trophy for the Sarnia Imperials in 1954, and the Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen's Team MVP Award in 1955.

* Villasanta, Johnny F., 20th Battalion Combat Team ( Leaders ), The Philippine Expeditionary Force to Korea ( 1950 – 1955 ), http :// www. webcitation. org / query? url = http :// www. geocities. com / peftok / 20thbct. html & date = 2009-10-26 + 00: 22: 05, ( August 26, 2006 )

* NHL Second All-Star Team ( 1954, 1955, 1959, and 1963 )

Unlike the IOC, which granted only provisional recognition to the East Germans in 1955, demanding they participate in an All-German Olympic team ( Unified Team of Germany ), the FIFA fully recognized the East German Football Association in 1952.

# Freddy and the Baseball Team From Mars, 1955

His last race was the 12 Hours of Sebring in 1955, when Stanley " Wacky " Arnolt asked Dreyfus to captain the Arnolt-Bristol Racing Team.

Gallatin was named to the All-NBA Second Team in 1955.

* NHL First All-Star Team Goalie ( 1954 & 1955 )

Sharman was named to the All-NBA First Team from 1956 through 1959, and was an All-NBA Second Team member in 1953, 1955, and 1960.

Labine, who retired from hockey in 1967, was also a member of the WHL All-Star Team in 1964, and participated in the NHL All-Star Games of 1955 and 1956.

The team's few superlatives for the rest of the decade included the 1955 season-during which Ross Lowe won the only league MVP award in franchise history and Anderson was named rookie of the year-and All-Star Team citations to Eldie Kobussen at center in 1948, Billy Gooden in 1951, Lowe, Gordon Tottle and Don Simmons in 1955, Gerry Ehman and Cal Gardner in 1958, and Pidhirny in 1959.

* 1955 College Football All-America Team

Mario Beccia ( born August 16, 1955 in Troia, Puglia ) is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer, active between 1977 and 1988 and works as a directeur sportif at Team Vorarlberg.

As a bridge player, Reese won every honour in the game, including the European Championship four times ( 1948, 1949, 1954, 1963 ) and the Bermuda Bowl ( effectively, the World Team Championship ) in 1955.

From there, Kiniski ventured to San Francisco and teamed with Lord James Blears to win the territory's version of the NWA World Tag Team title three times in 1955 ; after that, he went to Texas and, wrestling as Gene Kelly, captured the NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship in 1956.

In April 1955 he won the Hawaiian Tag Team title in Honolulu alongside another former sumo wrestler turned professional wrestler, Rikidōzan.