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The game of basketball as it is known today was created by Dr. James Naismith in December 1891 in Springfield, Massachusetts, to condition young athletes during cold months. Naismith was a physical education instructor at YMCA International Training School (now known as Springfield College ) in Springfield, Massachusetts.
The ABL played three more seasons and then, with only five teams playing at the end of 1930–31, folded during the Great Depression. [ 1 ] After more than two years, the league was reorganized in 1933, but as an East Coast league, with teams in Pennsylvania and New York City metro area.
The practice of enclosing basketball courts in chicken wire, chain-link fencing, or rope — giving basketball the nickname "the cage game" — ended.Intended to increase the tempo of play by keeping the ball from going out of bounds, to protect players and rowdy spectators from each other, and to prevent fans from throwing objects onto the court, the use of these "cages" had led to rough ...
1920s; 1930s; 1940s; 1950s; 1960s; 1970s; Subcategories. This category has the following 12 subcategories, out of 12 total. / ... 1920 in basketball (3 C, 1 P) 1921 ...
Black Fives is a trademarked term, federally registered in the United States Patent & Trademark Office, that refers to the all-Black basketball teams that existed in the United States between 1904, when the game was first introduced to African Americans on a wide-scale organized basis, and 1950, when the NBA signed its first Black players.
During the late-1920s, and especially in the 1930s, the basketball team became known as the best in the world. The first issue of Opportunity was published. The African American playwright Willis Richardson debuted his play The Chip Woman's Fortune at the Frazee Theatre (also known as the Wallacks theatre).
The plantation was bought in 1912 by Tallahassee attorney George Perkins, who developed Woodland Drives (1920s, 1930s) and donated the land for Capital City Country Club (1924).
FIBA, the International Basketball Federation, is formed in Geneva. [24] 1936. Uniform worn by the All American Red Heads Team. RULE Change—the first time a guard, called a "rover" was allowed to play the entire court [25] The All American Red Heads Team a barnstorming professional team was formed. They were the first professional women's ...