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• n  United States educator (born in Canada) who invented the game of basketball (1861-1939)

• Naismith
• James Naismith

News & Articles

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• M. Basketball. Dr. James Naismith to be Part of Kansas Hall of Fame Class Induction June 21
  The inventor of basketball, Dr. James Naismith, who was also the University of Kansas first men's basketball coach, will be one of five Laureates inducted into the Kansas Hall of Fame on Friday, June 21 on the campus of Washburn University.
  June 12, 2013 - Kansas Jayhawks