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The Man Who Invented the Game of Basketball : The Genius of James Naismith
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Dr. James Naismith was a Canadian-American sports coach and innovator. He invented the sport of basketball in 1891 and is often credited with introducing the first football helmet. He wrote the original basketball rulebook, founded the University of Kansas basketball program, and lived to see basketball adopted as an Olympic demonstration sport in 1904 and as an official event at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, as well as the birth of both the National Invitation Tournament (1938) and the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship (1939).
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- ISBN-13: 9781464402128
- ISBN-10: 1464402124
- Publisher: Enslow Publishing
- Publish Date: November 2013
- Dimensions: 8.9 x 7.3 x 0.2 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.55 pounds
- Page Count: 48
- Reading Level: Ages 8-10
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