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Joe Axelson (Joseph A. Axelson) was born on 25 December, 1927 in Peoria, Illinois, U.S., is an American basketball executive (1927–2008). Discover Joe Axelson's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 80 years old?

Popular As Joseph A. Axelson
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Age 80 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 25 December 1927
Birthday 25 December
Birthplace Peoria, Illinois, U.S.
Date of death 31 May, 2008
Died Place Coronado, California, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1927

Joseph A. Axelson (December 25, 1927 – May 31, 2008) was an American sports executive who served as general manager of Cincinnati Royals/Kansas City Kings/Sacramento Kings from 1969 to 1979 and again from 1982 to 1988.

He played a role in the franchise's relocation from Cincinnati to Kansas City–Omaha, and then on to Sacramento, California.

Axelson was born on December 25, 1927, in Peoria, Illinois.

1928

He grew up in Clinton, Illinois, where his father was the high school basketball coach from 1928 to 1947.

Axelson's first job came at the age of 15 when he began working as a dispatcher for the Illinois Central Railroad.

1947

In 1947, Axelson graduated from Officer Candidate School at Fort Benning.

From 1947 to 1949, was the officer in charge of the Armed Forces Radio Service station in Whittier, Alaska.

He was then stationed at Fort Gordon, where he coached the base's basketball and baseball teams.

1954

While stationed here, From 1954 to 1956, Axelson attended Georgia Teachers College (now Georgia Southern University), where he also served as sports publicity director and edited The George-Anne.

After a one year stint as the sports publicist at Furman University, Axelson returned to GTC as the school's public relations director.

He also hosted a twice-daily sports broadcast on WWNS.

1960

In 1960, Axelson left Georgia Southern to become sports director of WPDQ in Jacksonville, Florida.

The team finished with a 36–46 record, their worst since the 1960–61 season.

During the offseason, Axelson traded star Oscar Robertson for Flynn Robinson and Charlie Paulk, both of whom were not effective with the Royals.

1961

In 1961, Axelson became the publicity director of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics.

Three years later he became the NAIA's assistant executive secretary.

1969

On April 16, 1969, the Cincinnati Royals hired Axelson as the team's new general manager.

The Royals, who were suffering from declining attendance, chose Axelson based on his reputation as a promoter with the NAIA.

According to owner Max Jacobs, Axelson would be in charge of promoting the team while former GM Pepper Wilson, who was promoted to vice president, would handle player development, contracts, player transactions, and scouting.

However, Wilson soon left the team to become the public relations director for the Cincinnati Zoo, leaving Axelson in charge.

Soon after his hiring, Axelson commissioned a study on relocating the Royals to Kansas City, Missouri, where Axelson had worked with the NAIA and the Jacobs family controlled concessions.

In an effort to increase attendance, Axelson added 41-year old head coach Bob Cousy to the roster.

Axelson traded Bill Dinwiddie and a draft pick to the Boston Celtics in exchange for Cousy's playing rights.

That same year, Axelson dealt Jerry Lucas and Adrian Smith, whose style of play was not suited to Cousy's fast-break offense, to the San Francisco Warriors in separate trades.

1970

The Royals received Jim King and Bill Turner in exchange for Lucas and a 1970 2nd round pick in exchange for Smith.

One game into the 1970-71 season, Axelson traded the team's third leading scorer from the previous season, Fred Foster, and Connie Dierking to the Philadelphia 76ers in exchange for Darrall Imhoff.

Due to the loss of many of their popular players, the Royals only drew 4,600 fans to their 1970–71 home opener.

Four days later the team's attendance dropped to 2,500.

1971

For the 1971-72 season, the Royals averaged only 3,357 games.

1972

On March 14, 1972, Axelson announced that the team planned to move to Kansas City, Missouri.

The team would play between 21 and 26 of their 41 home games in Kansas City with the remainder to be played in either Omaha, Nebraska, or St. Louis, Missouri, due to a lack of available dates at Municipal Auditorium.

When the team moved to Kansas City, Axelson was promoted to team president.

Following the King's first season in Kansas City, Axelson won the first NBA Executive of the Year Award.

1973

On June 25, 1973, the Jacobs family sold the Kings for $5 million dollars to Missouri Valley Pro Sports, Inc., a group of Kansas City businessmen headed by Ray Evans and H. Paul Rosenberg that also included Axelson.

On October 16, 1973, Axelson received a three-year contract extension.

1975

In 1975, the NAIA chose Axelson to serve as its executive secretary, however he was unable to get out of his contract with the Kings and had to turn down the job.

1977

Magic Johnson had strongly considered leaving Michigan State after the 1977-78 season to join the NBA, but after meeting with Axelson he changed his mind, because the Kings were in line to have a high draft pick and Magic was completely unimpressed by Axelson and considered the notion of being chosen by him in the 1978 draft a non-starter.

1979

On July 11, 1979, Axelson announced that he would become the NBA's vice president for operations.

He remained with the Kings into the start of the 1979–80 season to assist the club with its move from Kemper Arena to Municipal Auditorium following the collapse of Kemper Arena's roof.

1982

On April 30, 1982, The Kansas City Kings announced that Axelson would return as president and general manager on a five-year contract.