- James Naismith was a Canadian-American physical educator, physician, chaplain, sports coach and innovator
| Born: | 06 November 1861 Comment | | When did James Naismith die? / Died | 28 November 1939 | | How many years did James Naismith live? / Lived | 78 years | | Zodiac sign: | Scorpio |
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James Naismith facts
- 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 Tournament (1938) and the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship (1939)
- Born in Canada to Scottish immigrants, Naismith studied physical education at McGill University in Montreal before moving to the United States, where he developed basketball in late 1891 while teaching at the International YMCA Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts
- After receiving his MD in Denver in 1898, Naismith moved to the University of Kansas, later becoming the Kansas Jayhawks' athletic director
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