James Naismith was the Canadian physical education instructor who invented basketball in 1891. He was born in Almonte, Ontario. Under the direction of American phys-ed specialist Luther Halsey Gulick, invented the indoor sport of basketball.
However this is the wrong category to ask this question.
2007-05-10 03:47:38
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Basketball was invented by Dr. James A Naismith in 1891 . He went on tobe the first basketball coach at the university of Kansas.
2007-05-10 10:54:14
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The game of basketball was invented by Dr. James Naismith in 1891. The first recorded game involving a college basketball team took place in Pittsburgh area town of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania on April 8, 1893, when a team from Geneva College defeated nearby New Brighton YMCA]. The first intercollegiate game was played on February 9,1895, when the Minnesota State School of Agriculture (now the University of Minnesota St. Paul campus) defeated Hamline College by a score of 9 to 3. The first intercollegiate game involving the now familiar five-player format occurred in Iowa City, Iowa on January 18, 1896, when the University of Chicago defeated the University of Iowa 15 to 12. Before that time, there were usually seven to nine players on each team.
2007-05-10 10:53:42
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All wrong. It was the Mayans...
2007-05-10 11:16:53
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answered by Smelly Cat 5
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