James Naismith
Noun
Meaning
United States educator (born in Canada) who invented the game of basketball (1861-1939)
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Citing Dr. James Naismith as the game's inventor 11 years earlier in Springfield, Mass., The Times wrote, "The first goals were simply a bunch of simple peach baskets hung at each end of the gymnasium, and hence the game took its name."
Basketball was invented in 1891 by James Naismith in the United States.
College basketball seeAlso The 1899 University of Kansas basketball team, with James Naismith at the back, right.
“The fact is that the UK was not able to operate a testing and tracing campaign like the one used in South Korea,’ says Prof James Naismith, of Edinburgh University.