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James Naismith was the Canadian physical
education instructor who invented basketball in
1891. James Naismith was born in Almonte, Ontario
and educated at McGill University and Presbyterian
Cllege in Montreal. He was the physical education
teacher at McGill University (1887 to 1890) and at
Springfield College in Springfield, Massachusetts
(1890 to 1895). At Springfield College (which was
then the Y.M.C.A. training school), James Naismith,
under the direction of American phys-ed specialist
Luther Halsey Gulick, invented the indoor sport of
basketball.
education instructor who invented basketball in
1891. James Naismith was born in Almonte, Ontario
and educated at McGill University and Presbyterian
Cllege in Montreal. He was the physical education
teacher at McGill University (1887 to 1890) and at
Springfield College in Springfield, Massachusetts
(1890 to 1895). At Springfield College (which was
then the Y.M.C.A. training school), James Naismith,
under the direction of American phys-ed specialist
Luther Halsey Gulick, invented the indoor sport of
basketball.
The History of Basket ball