St Louis Spirits T-Shirts

Spirits of St. Louis Basketball - white logo

Show some hometown pride

Throwback ABA Spirits of St. Louis - Distressed Version

Retro Defunct Spirits of St Louis Basketball

The Spirits of St. Louis were a basketball franchise in the American Basketball Association that existed from 1974 to 1976. This was the third and last city of a franchise that had begun as a charter member in 1967 as the Houston Mavericks before a shift to the Carolinas in 1969 to play as the Cougars. They were one of two teams still in existence at the end of the American Basketball Association (ABA) that did not survive the ABA–NBA merger. They were a member of the ABA in its last two seasons, 1974–75 and 1975–76, while playing their home games at the St. Louis Arena.

Throwback ABA Spirits of St. Louis - Marvin Barnes, Maurice Lucas, Fly Williams, Moses Malone

Defunct Spirits of St. Louis Basketball 1975-1976

Show some hometown pride. The Spirits were born in the summer of 1974 after the owners of the Carolina Cougars sold the franchise to several New York businessmen who promptly moved the team to St. Louis and named them the Spirits. The team played two seasons before the ABA merged with the NBA and the franchise did not survive.

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