Businessman, sports-franchise founder and owner, basketball executive
Years active
1946–1968, as owner of NBA's Tri-Cities Blackhawks, Milwaukee/St. Louis Hawks
Spouse
Ima Jean Bilbrey (1934–2011)
Ben Kerner (November 18, 1913 – November 22, 2000) was an American professional basketball owner. He was the co-founder and owner of the St. Louis Hawks of the National Basketball Association, the present-day Atlanta Hawks. In 1946, Kerner co–founded with Leo Ferris a professional team in Buffalo, New York. The team then moved to become the Tri-Cities Blackhawks after a few games.[1] Kerner moved the franchise from Moline, Illinois, to Milwaukee in 1951 and to St. Louis in 1955. His 1958 St. Louis Hawks won the NBA Championship.[2][3]
^"Team that's now Atlanta Hawks bailed on Buffalo 70 years ago". The Buffalo News. 2016-12-29. Retrieved 2017-09-11.
^Ray Cave. "Singing The Blues in St, Louis". SI.com. Retrieved March 20, 2016.
^"Ben Kerner". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 20, 2016.
BenKerner (November 18, 1913 – November 22, 2000) was an American professional basketball owner. He was the co-founder and owner of the St. Louis Hawks...
New York, a member of the National Basketball League (NBL) owned by BenKerner and Leo Ferris. After 38 days in Buffalo, the team moved to Moline, Illinois...
did not sign with the team. Cousy wanted $10,000 and Blackhawks owner BenKerner countered with $6,000 in negotiations. Cousy was then sold to the Stags...
Frank Selvy. With $100 in the bank, he signed a contract with Hawks owner BenKerner for $11,000 – an all-time high for an NBA rookie then. Pettit's awkward...
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Auerbach. Auerbach was hired by BenKerner as head coach for the Blackhawks in 1949, but quit when he discovered that Kerner had traded a player without consulting...
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was so high that in Game 3 Celtics coach Auerbach punched his colleague BenKerner and received a $300 fine. In the highly-competitive Game 7, Russell tried...
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school, Cousy demanded a salary of $10,000 from Blackhawks owner BenKerner. When Kerner offered him only $6,000, Cousy refused to report. Cousy was then...
was "no way to get a job". Auerbach left Duke after a few months when BenKerner, owner of the Tri-Cities Blackhawks, gave him the green light to rebuild...
on December 27, 1946—only 13 games into their inaugural season—owner BenKerner moved them to Moline, Illinois. After the 1949 merger of the National...
Pettit after complaining about a personal foul call. Hawks team owner BenKerner demanded that Borgia be fired and Borgia never officiated another NBA...
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abandoned expansion team. That effort died when St. Louis Hawks owner BenKerner dismissed the notion and Litman chose to stay in the ABL. Litman hired...
the three of them were released. Kirk did not take part in the lawsuit, BenKerner was the owner of the Tri-Cities Blackhawks, coached by Red Auerbach, where...
brewer, prominent sportsman, and owner of the St. Louis Cardinals 1988 – BenKerner, Bing Devine 1989 – Joe Garagiola and Yogi Berra, national baseball figures...
the primary text proper, for which they used a square typeface. HaCohen-Kerner, Yaakov; Schweitzer, Nadav; Mughaz, Dror (2011). "Automatically Identifying...
endpoint security firm Endgame for $234 million". ZDNET. Retrieved 2023-08-04. Kerner, Sean Michael (2021-08-23). "Elastic acquires build.security for security...
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