1891 in basketball
The following are the basketball events of the year 1891 throughout the world.
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Events
[edit]- December 21 – The first game of basketball is played at the Springfield YMCA Training School under the rules of James Naismith.[1][2][3]
References
[edit]- ^ McCuaig, Donald. "Basketball: A YMCA Invention". YMCA. Archived from the original on 2016-03-14. Retrieved June 9, 2014.
- ^ Griffiths, Sian (September 20, 2010). "The Canadian who invented basketball". BBC. Retrieved June 9, 2014.
- ^ "James Naismith". Naismith Museum. Archived from the original on September 14, 2013. Retrieved June 9, 2014.