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James Naismith

Chronology



1861 Born November 6 in Almonte, Ontario, Canada
1890 Arrives in Springfield, Massachusetts, to take courses in spiritual and physical development at a Y.M.C.A. training school at the School for Christian Workers (now Springfield College)
1891 Invents the game of basketball at the Y.M.C.A. in Springfield
1894 Marries Maude Shermann
1895 Becomes PE director at a Y.M.C.A. in Denver, Colorado
1898 Obtains medical degree from University of Colorado Medical School
1898 Becomes assistant gymnasium director at Kansas University
1909 Becomes a professor and doctor at Kansas University
1914 Serves as captain in Kansas First Infantry regiment
1915 Becomes a Presbyterian minister
1917 Serves 19-month post in France as Y.M.C.A. Secretary
1919 Becomes director of Kansas University's PE section
1925 Takes American citizenship
1936 Sees basketball become an official international sport at the Olympic Games in Berlin
1939 Dies on November 28 in Lawrence, Kansas

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