2007-02-18 03:45:07 · 17 answers · asked by Jaspal B 1 in Sports ➔ Basketball
Dr. James Naismith, a professor invented the game originally using peach baskets as the goals.
2007-02-18 03:49:05 · answer #1 · answered by mikesorrells 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
James Naismith was the Canadian physical education instructor who invented basketball in 1891.
The first formal rules were devised in 1892. Initially, players dribbled a soccer ball up and down a court of unspecified dimensions. Points were earned by landing the ball in a peach basket. Iron hoops and a hammock-style basket were introduced in 1893. Another decade passed, however, before the innovation of open-ended nets put an end to the practice of manually retrieving the ball from the basket each time a goal was scored.
In 1959, James Naismith was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame (called the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame.)
2007-02-20 04:58:07 · answer #2 · answered by russell s 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Doctor James Naismith was the one who invented basketball. He did it in 1891. They first played by dribbling soccer balls up and down a court and put it into peach baskets. Points were earned by landing the ball in a peach basket. Iron hoops and a hammock-style basket were introduced in 1893. Another decade passed, however, before the innovation of open-ended nets put an end to the practice of manually retrieving the ball from the basket each time a goal was scored.
In 1959, James Naismith was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame (called the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame.)
2007-02-18 03:51:08 · answer #3 · answered by I R 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Doc James Naismith
2007-02-21 08:41:10 · answer #4 · answered by Fudgy01 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yep its a pain to answer, Dr James Naismith from Ontario, Canada invented basketball as an indoor sport for patients. He originally used peach baskets as hoops, and people had to use ladders to retrieve the ball.
2007-02-20 01:34:39 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
James Naismith
2007-02-19 01:59:54 · answer #6 · answered by abe 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I've always thought that basketball must have been invented by someone who was taking a break from inventing something else...I could be wrong...but it just seems to make sense because playing basketball IS something you do when thinking about doing something else...Isn't it?
2007-02-18 03:51:07 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
A very brilliant man by the name of James Naismith, in 1891. Originally played with fruit baskets and a soccer ball.
2007-02-18 11:50:24 · answer #8 · answered by Hoopster 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Dr. James Naismith.
2007-02-18 10:40:09 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
James Naismith in 1891.
2007-02-21 21:43:16 · answer #10 · answered by Robert G. 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋