James Naismith

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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." Source: Internet

Basketball was invented in 1891 by James Naismith in the United States. Source: Internet

College basketball seeAlso The 1899 University of Kansas basketball team, with James Naismith at the back, right. Source: Internet

“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. Source: Internet

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