The All American Red Heads will be in the Pan-American Championship Eugene Springfield 2010! The All American Red Heads was one of the first professional women’s basketball teams. In 1936, almost 50 years after women's basketball began, C.M "Ole" Olson would start a barnstorming team which would play around the country until 1986. The name of the team came from Olson's wife, who owned a number of beauty salons in the south. They played by men's rules and were a smash success with the audience. They were so successful as an exhibition team that they fostered two other teams, the Ozark Hillbillies and the Famous Red Heads . Two of the early players for the team were Geneva(Jean) and Jo Langerman. Jean and Jo were the twin daughters of "Mama" Langerman, a single beautician who moved from town to town. The twins lead three different teams to the state tournament, finishing third in 1931 at Whittemore, Iowa , and winning the state championships while at Pa