James Naismith was a Canadian-American physical educator, physician, Christian chaplain, and sports coach, best known as the inventor of the game of basketball. After moving to the United States, he wrote the original basketball rule book and... Wikipedia
Born: November 6, 1861, Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Canada
Died: November 28, 1939 (age 78 years), Lawrence, KS
Spouse: Florence B. Kincaid (m. 1939–1939) and Maude Evelyn Sherman (m. 1894–1937)
Education: The Presbyterian College, Montreal (1887–1890), McGill University (1883–1887), Almonte District High School (1881–1883), and more
Awards: Corday–Morgan Prize
Children: Helen Carolyn, John Edwin, Margaret Mason, and more
Parents: John Naismith and Margaret Young
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Who was the inventor of basketball?
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What inspired James Naismith to invent basketball?
Naismith decided to invent a game of skill, finesse, and accuracy, rather than one that relied on pure strength. He was inspired by a game he had played as a child called “duck on a rock," in which players lob a small rock at a "duck" placed on top of a large rock in an attempt to knock the "duck" off.
What is Dr. James Naismith famous for?
James Naismith is best known as the inventor of the sport of basketball. He was also the first full-time athletics instructor at McGill University and established the basketball program at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, where he worked and lived for 41 years until his death.
Did James Naismith make money from basketball?
Naismith never earned money or fame for his unique invention during his lifetime. However, after his death in 1939 his many accomplishments and his historic invention of Basketball were widely and enormously acclaimed. Naismith's name adorns the world's only Basketball Hall of Fame.
James Naismith, the inventor of basketball, was an instructor in physical education at the College. It was Luther Halsey Gulick, Naismith's supervisor and the ...
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