On this day in 1892, the game of "Basketball" was introduced.
Search engine giant Google celebrated Canadian-American physical educator, professor, doctor, and coach Dr. James Naismith on Friday with a vibrant doodle. Naismith invented the game of basketball in 1891.
Nearly 130 years ago, James Naismith, a Canadian-American physical educator, professor, doctor, and coach, invented an "athletic distraction" to occupy students cooped up during winter: It was the game of basketball. Now Google is dedicating an animated Doodle to Naismith and his contribution to the sporting world.
The Doodle is set to land on the tech giant's search page Friday, the anniversary of Naismith's 1892 unveiling of the rules of the sport, which he'd invented just weeks earlier, in a Springfield College school newspaper.
Naismith envisioned basketball as a way for all students to better themselves physically and mentally. The sport was introduced in a time when schools were segregated, but Naismith saw everyone as someone with potential for the game. In his lifetime, he took steps to help basketball reach more young people, and it has since evolved into a global phenomenon that crosses racial and gender barriers.
In 1959, the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame was incorporated in Springfield, Massachusetts, and this mecca of basketball history carries on Naismith’s legacy to this day.
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