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History of basketball, notable events and people in the development of basketball since its invention in the late 1800s. Unlike that of most popular sports, the origin of basketball is concise and all-American—it is the only major sport strictly rooted in the United States.
James Naismith was a physical education instructor who invented the game of basketball as a safe, enjoyable winter exercise for students.
Basketball was invented by James Naismith in Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1891. Within a few decades, the new game became popular throughout the United States as an indoor sport. The popularity spread overseas and the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) was organized in 1932 in Geneva, Switzerland.
James Naismith (NAY-smith; November 6, 1861 – November 28, 1939) was a Canadian-American physical educator, physician, Christian chaplain, and sports coach, best known as the inventor of the game of basketball. [1][2][3] After moving to the United States, he wrote the original basketball rule book and founded the University of Kansas basketball ...
On December 21, 1891, James Naismith unveiled his creation at the International YMCA Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts. The first game of basketball was played with a soccer ball and two peach baskets serving as goals.
James Naismith, a Canadian American physical educator and innovator, invented the game of basketball in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1891 to keep his students active during the winter.
James Naismith was a Canadian-American sports coach and innovator. He invented the game of basketball in 1891, and he is also credited with designing the first football helmet. He penned the...
Dr. James Naismith, undisputedly credited as the inventor of the game of basketball, was born in Ontario, Canada on November 6, 1861.
The game of basketball was invented in 1891 by James Naismith (this author), at that time an instructor in the Y.M.C.A. college at Springfield, Mass., and had its inception as a part of the research work of that institution.
In the winter of 1891, when a 30-year-old physical education instructor from the International YMCA Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts invented an indoor game that could be played between football and baseball seasons, basket ball – originally two words – was born.