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== == James Naismith invented the game of Basketball in 1891 in Springfield, Massachusetts but at the time he used a soccer ball. U.S. patent #1,718,305 was granted to G.L. Pierce on June 25, 1929 for the "basketball" used in the game. Spaulding was one of the first companies that manufactured basketballs. The first formal rules were devised in 1892. Initially, players dribbled a soccer ball up and down a court of unspecified dimensions. Points were earned by landing the ball in a peach basket. Iron hoops and a hammock-style basket were introduced in 1893. Another decade passed, however, before the innovation of open-ended nets put an end to the practice of manually retrieving the ball from the basket each time a goal was scored. In 1959, James Naismith was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame (called the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame.) Tony Hinkle designed the current orange ball that is in use today. He introduced it in the 1950's so that the players and spectators would be able to see it more clearly.
James Naismith
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The first basketball?
When basketball was invented, the ball used was a soccer ball.
Where was the ball used in the game of basketball invented?
1889
Where was it invented and in what yearwho invented it basketball?
Basket ball was invented by James Naismith. Basket ball was invented by James Naismith.
What item was used as the first basketball?
When Dr. Naismith invented basketball he didn't have a 'basketball' to use. So, he looked around his gymnasium and decided that a soccer ball was the right size and he used that.
When did basket ball begin?
Basketball was invented in 1891.
What was the size ball in basketball when first invented?
77
How invented the ball of basketball?
Dr James Naismith
WHere basketball came from?
When the game was first invented they used baskets to throw the ball into. They had to climb ladders to retrieve the ball as well. I believe it was invented at a ymca, but not sure on that.
Why basketball is named basketball?
Basketball is called basketball because when it was first invented by a gym teacher the goal was to get the ball into a trash basket sitting on the ground. The only rules were that you could not walk with the ball so you had to either shoot or pass from where you got the ball. the players invented dribbling themselves.
What was the first basketball used?
the first basketball was a soccer ball
When was the soccer ball replaced with the basketball in basketball?
the soccer ball was never used
What eqipment was used when basketball first began?
The equipment that was used in 1892 for basketball was mainly a ball. The ball used was a soccer ball as the basket ball had not been created.
