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invented the original game of Basketball in Springfield, Ma. His game had 13 rules not including dribbling as a legal move. A score was made when the ball rested in the baskets bottom then was taken out by the referee.
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∙ 14y agoA important fact about Dr. James Naismith was that he invented basketball because he used to play a game called Duck on a Rock which made him want to invent a sport; alas a game that you may play in winter. So he invented basketball. Thus; creating basketball, one of the most popular sports in the world.
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∙ 16y agoJames was the man that got basketball to pretty much, how we know it today
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∙ 15y agoHe made basketball as a game for PE.
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James Naismith is buried alongside his first wife, Maude Sherman, in Lawrence, Kansas.
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James Naismith was born on November 6, 1861.
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James A. Naismith invented basketball in 1891.
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