The first team to use a glass backboard was the Indiana Hoosiers men's team in 1917. The glass plate was made by a company in Bloomington and was 1 1/2 inches thick.
Tempered Glass
1962. Ottawa Hills High School in Toledo, OH.
The backboard is from plexiglass or glass.
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A backboard is a flat vertical surface used in basketball to which the basket is attached, or a wall in the game of tennis, often used for practice, where balls can be hit at a flat surface in order to practise hitting.
Shaquille O'neal
Calling 'backboard' is a playground term in basketball. It is used in some games when a player is declaring that he is going to bank a shot into the goal using the backboard.
No, glass was first recorded as being used in 3500 BC in Mesopotamia.No, glass was first recorded as being used in 3500 BC in Mesopotamia.No, glass was first recorded as being used in 3500 BC in Mesopotamia.No, glass was first recorded as being used in 3500 BC in Mesopotamia.No, glass was first recorded as being used in 3500 BC in Mesopotamia.No, glass was first recorded as being used in 3500 BC in Mesopotamia.No, glass was first recorded as being used in 3500 BC in Mesopotamia.No, glass was first recorded as being used in 3500 BC in Mesopotamia.No, glass was first recorded as being used in 3500 BC in Mesopotamia.
Chuck Connors in 1946 playing for the Boston Celtics. When playing for the Boston Celtics in 1946, Connors took a set shot during pregame warm-ups, hitting the front of the rim. Because an arena worker had failed to place a protective piece between the rim and backboard, the backboard shattered.
chuck conners
Glass was first used in window panes around 300 B.C. The first glass panes were small squares of glass held together with lead strips.
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