James Naismith, a Canadian American physical educator invented the game of Basketball in December of 1891 in Springfield, Massachusetts.

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James Naismith was working as a physical educator at the YMCA International Training school and upon the request of his boss he was tasked to create an indoor sport that would keep the young athletes conditioned.

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When he first created the sport, it consisted of peach baskets and a soccer ball. He divided his class of eighteen into two teens of nine and then basketball was created.