No. Basketball was created in 1891 by James Naismith, who was a physical education instructor at the International YMCA Training School (now Springfield College) at Springfield, Mass. He wanted to create a sport that could be played indoors during the wintertime.
Football was invented in the early 1800's. Basketball was invented in 1891.
Mr. James Naismith invented the Sport Basketball on the year 1891.
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The sport of basketball was invented in 1861 by James Naismith. It took off rapidly and became one the most popular sports in the world.
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Basketball was invented deliberately, as a safe Indoors sport to keep athletes going during Winter.
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James Naismith is a great Canadian because he invented the sport of basketball. Basketball is considered by some to be the second most popular sport in the world. Note that Naismith was living in Springfield, Massachusetts, when he invented basketball.
Basketball was invented in America by a P.E. teacher to begin with. Many people loved the new game he invented, and it started spreading rapidly. Eventually, the sport was made into a professional sport, the NBA, and caught on quickly.
she invented it so that woman can play a sport that is basically the same to basketball.