Golden State Warriors
date: label: date made
content: after 1971
label: date made
content: 1971
label: date made
content: 1971-1974
name: label: maker
content: Button House
label: referenced
content: Golden State Warriors
label: maker
content: Button House
notes: label: Description
content: Button featuring the logo of the Golden States Warriors Basketball team. A founding member of the Basketball Association of America, a predecessor to the National Basketball Association (NBA,) the Warriors franchise originated in Philadelphia in 1946. The team moved to west to San Francisco in 1962, heading across the Bay to Oakland in 1971. It is at this time that the club adopted the distinctive designation “Golden State” (a nickname for California.)
label: Description
content: Between 1967-1974 the team included the number “14” within its logo. The number refers to power forward Tom Meschery, who wore it while playing for the Warriors from 1961-1967. Born in China to Russian emigree parents, the St. Mary’s alumnus played for the Warriors from 1961-1967, making the NBA All-Star team in 1963. Meschery also played for the Seattle Supersonics (1967-1971) and was a head coach in the American Basketball Association with the Carolina Cougars (1971-1972) and an assistant coach for the NBA’s Portland Trail Blazers (1974-1976).
label: Description
content: The Warriors retained the moniker “Golden State” after returning to San Francisco in 2019.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Minnesota, Winona
label: Associated Place
content: United States: California, Oakland
topic: label: name of sport
content: Basketball
label: level of sport
content: Professional
label: web subject
content: Sports
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1982.0257.099
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0257.099
label: accession number
content: 1982.0257
objectType: label: Object Name
content: button, basketball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 3/8 in; x 8.5725 cm