The Man who invented Basketball

James Naismith a Canadian-American sports coach was the inventor of Basketball. He invented the sport of basketball in 1891. He was the one who wrote the original basketball rule book. At Springfield YMCA Naismith was asked to create a new indoor game within 14 days.

The first game of basketball was played in December 1891. And, in the year 1936, Basketball was introduced in the official Olympic sports program when Naismith was 75. He witnessed his creation to be the part of most precious Olympic Games. Naismith was also a National Guard chaplain with the First Kansas Infantry Regiment. He taught his soldiers basketball to control their excess energy.