The club was established in 1906 as Ballspielverein Kassel and played as part of the ATSB (Arbeiter-Turn- und Sportbund or Workers' Gymnastics and Sports Federation), a leftist national sports organization which organized a football competition and championship separate from that of the DFB (Deutscher Fußball Bund, en:German Football Association).
The club advanced to the ATSB final in 1921-21 through a 3:0 quarterfinal victory over Germania Wilhelmshaven and a 3:1 win over ATSV Rheinau.
[1] In 1933, the Nazis, who banned workers' and faith-based clubs as politically unpalatable, and BV became part of mainstream competition in the DFB.
On 22 October 1943, BV became part of the combined wartime side Kriegspielgemeinschaft 06/Sport Kassel in response to manpower shortages.
The club abandoned it place in Gauliga play in March 1944 to take part in lower-level competition.