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James Naismith

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Personal details and public facts.

Profession
Doctor
Died
Nov 28, 1939
Zodiac
Scorpio
Born in
AlmonteCanada
About
Canadian educator, physician, and coach who became famous for inventing basketball in 1891. He founded the University of Kansas basketball team and authored the first basketball rulebook.
Family
Orphaned at an early age, he was raised by his uncle and aunt in Almonte, Canada. He was married to Maude Evelyn Sherman from 1894-1937, then to Florence B. Kincaid in 1939, the year he died.

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