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James Naismith started Basketball
(November 6, 1861 - November 28, 1939) was a Canadian and naturalized American sports coach and innovator. Naismith invented the sport of basketball in 1891 and is often credited with introducing the first football helmet. Naismith wrote the original basketball rulebook, founded the University of Kansas basketball program, and lived to see basketball adopted as an Olympic demonstration sport in 1904 and as an official event in 1936. Naismith's contributions to basketball have earned him several posthumous honors, such as in the Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame, the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame, the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame, the Ontario Sports Legends Hall of Fame, the Ottawa Sports Hall of Fame, the McGill University Sports Hall of Fame, the Kansas State Sports Hall of Fame and the FIBA Hall of Fame. The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame carries his name.
James Naismith
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When and where was the game of basketball started?
where was basketball invented
Where basketball started?
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When was basketball started?
Basketball was invented by james naismith in 1891.
How many basketball teams were there when basketball first started?
2
What year is basketball had started?
Basketball was started December 21,1891by Dr.Naismith a physical education instructor in a YMCA .
What age was Teresa Edwards when she started playing basketball?
how old was teresa edwards when she started playing basketball?
When did basketball started in the us?
The first game of basketball was played in 1891.
When did men's basketball started?
1978
Where and where the basketball started?
Springfield Massachusettes
How old was Lisa Leslie when she started playing basketball?
she started after every body started to ask her does she play basketball because of her hieght and later persued in that career
Where did basketball start?
Basketball started in Springfield, Massachusetts. It was invented by James Naismith.
Who introduced basketball to the Bahamas?
mr. christopher foster started basketball in the bahamas.
