Greatest Invention

BASKETBALL

WHO INVENTED: James Naismith (November 6, 1861 –

November 28, 1939) was a Canadian-American physical
educator, physician, Christian chaplain, sports coach, and
innovator. He invented the game of basketball at age 30 in
1891. He wrote the original basketball rule book and founded
the University of Kansas basketball program.

WHAT IS BASKETBALL: Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most

commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court,
compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball through the
defender's hoop while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their
own hoop.