| 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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