The invention of basketball was not an accident. It was developed to meet a need. Those boys simply would not play 'Drop the Handkerchief.'

Naismith was 78 years old. The three coaches have joined Naismith as members of the Basketball Hall of Fame. Naismith Hall a college residential dormitory is located on the northeastern edge of 19th Street and Naismith Drive.

citizen in 1925. He became a U.