Basketball and its Inventor: James Naismith

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Basketball was invented by a man named James Naismith. He was born in 1861 in the United States. Naismith was a high school sports coach in Massachusetts. He was a sporty guy. People took him as a religious man, because he was.

James Naismith was born on November 6, 1861 in Almonte, Canada. James Naismith dies on November 28, 1939, 22 days after his birthday. He died in Lawrence, Texas. He invented two things. He invented Basketball and the Football helmet. James went to school at Springfield College, McGill University, The Presbyterian College, Montreal.

James was at the YMCA when he made basketball. He was a worker and a member at the YMCA. In the early days wooden peach basket was hooked to a wall with players shooting a soccer ball into the basket to earn points. Basketball could be played outside but it was created as an indoor game that could be played during weather. He also wrote the official rule book and lived on to s...

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