Fun Facts
- The reason he created basketball there was a need to
create an interesting indoor game.
- The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame was
established in 1959, with fundraising leading to an actual building
opening to the public on February 17, 1968 at Springfield college in
Springfield, Massachusetts United States.
- He particepated in football, rugby, lacrosse, and
ground
gymnastics.
- At the end of his studies he becomes a professor at
Springfield where he stays until 1895.
- During his vacation he went to Martha's Vineyard to
learn about Swedish principles of gymnastics to adopt at his training
school.
- On December 21st the first basketball game was played.
- The first basketball had laces on it.
- He publishes a "A Modern College."
