Tuesday, December 21, 2010

First basketball game

The first basketball game was played at a YMCA training school in Springfield, Massachusetts on December 21, 1891. James Naismith, a physical education teacher at the school, invented the game for his students by hanging peach baskets at opposite ends of the gymnasium, providing a soccer ball, and a few simple rules. His students immediately took to the game.
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