The Development of Professional Basketball in the United States, with an Emphasis on the History of the NBA to its 50th Anniversary Season in 1996-97

Authors

  • Donald F. Staffo

Abstract

Basketball has the distinction of being the only major competitive sport that began in the United States (Branch, 1970). Dr. James A. Naismith invented the game of basketball in 1891. While a physical education instructor at the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) Training School (now Springfield College) in  Massachusetts, and at the suggestion of Luther Gulick, the Director of the  Gymnasium, Naismith, using two peach baskets and a soccer ball, developed a  team sport that could be played indoors during the winter months  (Mechikoff&Estes, 1993)

Published

1998-01-12

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