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He also was the only Jayhawks coach to leave the school with a losing record, going 55-60 from 1898 to 1907 — 115 games in 10 seasons, 11.5 games a year, on average.

One of Naismith's proteges was destined to become one of the winningest and most revered of basketball coaches ever — Phog Allen.

Naismith's reaction to his dubious place at the bottom of the list of Kansas coaches was, "Basketball is a game to be played, not coached.

The soccer ball was tossed between two centers, and it was "game on." The year was 1891.

Naismith "Notabilia"
Aside from being the "Father of Basketball," Naismith became the first basketball coach at what is now recognized as a national college powerhouse — Kansas University. These two practices are not used in modern basketball rules.

By 1892, basketball became very popular on campus.

His students were restless and easily annoyed because they had to stay inside during the winter.

The head of Physical Education at Springfield YMCA asked Naismith to create a new indoor game. The arms or body must not be used for holding it.
5. This meant it was shown at the Olympics but wasn't an official medal event yet.

Later Years and Legacy

In 1935, the National Association of Basketball Coaches raised money so that Naismith, who was 74 years old, could travel to see basketball become an official Olympic sport.

I just never saw winning as important." His name is now emblazened on the floor of Phog Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence.

Naismith once remarked that one of the happiest days of his life was when he got to attend the first international basketball game played on the Olympic Games stage in Berlin, in 1936. Soon after, the bottoms were cut out, which sped up the game and increased the students' interest.

Naismith's class was composed of 18 students, some older than his 30 years.

The thrower-in is allowed five seconds; if he holds it longer it shall go to the opponent. Basketball became a demonstration sport at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, Missouri. "Papa Jimmy," as his grandchildren called him, was the quintessential role model.

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He lived long enough to see basketball become a demonstration sport at the 1904 Summer Olympics and an official event at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.

Early Life and Games

James Naismith was born in 1861 in a place called Ramsay Township, which is now Almonte, Ontario. For me, the game is about exercise and good-natured competition.

He gave Naismith and his class 14 days to come up with an indoor game that would challenge participants to use their noggins as well as their physical skills. He divided the class into teams of nine with three forwards, three centers, and three backs. Maybe there was a way to combine such other games as football, lacrosse, and a game that Naismith had played as a youth, called "Duck on a Rock." That game employed a small cobblestone, called a "Duck," to knock a similar-sized cobblestone, called a "Drake," from its place atop a larger stone.

Naismith toyed with dribbling a football to a goal.

He was also the Athletic Director for the Kansas Jayhawks, which are the sports teams at the university. His parents were from Scotland.

Naismith wasn't very good at school, but he loved working on the farm. The first infringement of this rule by any player shall come as a foul; the second shall disqualify him until the next goal is made, or, if there was evident intent to injure the person, for the whole of the game, no substitute allowed.
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The umpire shall be the judge of the men and shall note the fouls and notify the referee when three consecutive fouls have been made.