• A Canadian-American Gym Teacher Invents Basketball

  • Dec 21 2023
  • Length: 15 mins
  • Podcast

A Canadian-American Gym Teacher Invents Basketball

  • Summary

  • December 21, 1891: James Naismith invents a new sport to control a boisterous college gym class.


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