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The first big Basketball players name was Stephon Veransloff, a German. Im not sure but i think he was about 7ft tall. He and some friends got together and started playing every other day, and it turned into a tournament every year. They brought it to North America and then it very big there about in the early 1900's. That is what I've heard.
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∙ 15y agoThe game was quickly picked up nationwide in Canada and other regions of the world on be half of the U.S. servicemen in World War II.
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∙ 12y agoBasketball was spread from town to town because everybody enjoyed it so they told their friends, and so on, and so on.
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