Dr. James Naismith, a Canadian born instructor at the Springfield MA YMCA school, wrote the first rules for Basketball in December 1891.
The first game was played on January 20 1892. The goal was a peach basket nailed to the wall. The score was 1-0, and the wining goal was a 25 foot shot.
James Naismith invented the game by nailing a couple of peach baskets on two ends of a court.
The inventor of basketball, James Naismith, was an instructor at YMCA training school and the first recorded game of basketball took place at a YMCA.
the dimensions were 42 feet by 17 feet.
James Naismith
Basketball was created in 1891 by a physical education professor and instructor at what is now Springfield College in Springfield, Massachusetts. The first official game of basketball was played in Albany, New York in January 1892.
AG Spalding invented the first basketball used in an official game in 1929.
it was a soccer ball
1890s - invented by James nesmith
The team that Dr. James Naismith made when he first invented the game.
The first Spalding basketball was made in 1894 by Albert Goodwull Spalding - three years after the invention of the game in 1891. When the game of basketball was first invented, it was actually played with a soccer ball.
James Naismith invented the game by nailing a couple of peach baskets on two ends of a court.
For the first game of basketball in 1891, two half-bushel peach baskets were used as the goals, which gave the sport its name.
The inventor of basketball, James Naismith, was an instructor at YMCA training school and the first recorded game of basketball took place at a YMCA.
volleyball
the dimensions were 42 feet by 17 feet.
Around the time basketball was invented. It hit high school before turning into the NBA.
first organized basketball game