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James Naismith was a Man from Canada and a physical
education instructor. He is the man who invented basketball in the year 1891. James Naismith was born in Almonte, Ontario and went to school at McGill University and Presbyterian College in Montreal.
He was the gym teacher at McGill University from 1887 to 1890. He also was the gym teacher at Springfield College in Springfield, Massachusetts from 1890 to 1895. At Springfield College (which was then the Y.M.C.A. training school), James Naismith, under the direction of American physical education specialist Luther Halsey Gulick, invented the indoor sport of basketball. So I Luther also helped James invent basketball.
education instructor. He is the man who invented basketball in the year 1891. James Naismith was born in Almonte, Ontario and went to school at McGill University and Presbyterian College in Montreal.
He was the gym teacher at McGill University from 1887 to 1890. He also was the gym teacher at Springfield College in Springfield, Massachusetts from 1890 to 1895. At Springfield College (which was then the Y.M.C.A. training school), James Naismith, under the direction of American physical education specialist Luther Halsey Gulick, invented the indoor sport of basketball. So I Luther also helped James invent basketball.