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Basketball was invented by James Naismith in Springfield Mass. in 1891. He originated basketball as a gymnasium sport. The game was originally played with a soccer ball and two peach bushel baskets, from which the game took its name. He was asked to devise a new indoor winter sport. His version of basketball called for nine players (later reduced to five) per team and the use of peach baskets (later netted hoops) as goals.

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All I know is that it was made in 1891 by James Naismith a Canadian physicist.

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James Naismith invented the game in Springfield, Ma. He used a peach basket as the hoop.

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Basketball was invented in 1891 in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States of America.

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Springfield, MA by James Naismith in 1891

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