James Naismith
James Naismith
James Naismithwas a Canadian physical educator, physician, chaplain, sports coach and innovator. He invented the sport of basketball in 1891. He wrote the original basketball rulebook and founded the University of Kansas basketball program. Naismith lived to see basketball adopted as an Olympic demonstration sport in 1904 and as an official event at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, as well as the birth of the National Invitation Tournamentand the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionDoctor
Date of Birth6 November 1861
CityAlmonte, Canada
CountryCanada
the greatest team that ever stepped out onto the floor.
Basketball really had its origin in Indiana, which remains the center of the sport.
Be strong in body, clean in mind, lofty in ideals.
Basketball doesn't build character it reveals it.
The invention of basketball was not an accident. It was developed to meet a need.
I am sure that no man can derive more pleasure from money or power than I do from seeing a pair of basketball goals in some out of the way place.
Basketball is a pure invention,
Games have been called the lab for the development of moral attributes, but they will not, of themselves, accomplish this purpose. They must be properly conducted by competent individuals.
In case of dispute, the umpire shall throw it straight into the field.