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Pages in category "1950 in basketball" This category contains only the following page. This list may not reflect recent changes. F. 1950 FIBA World Championship
Basketball was first introduced to Germany in 1896, by August Hermann, a physical education pioneer. Hermann's son Ernst had emigrated to Boston and introduced the game of basketball to his father. Originally, Hermann was searching for a sport for girls to play as an alternative to soccer.
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Handball is widely regarded to be the second most popular team sport in Germany and when a study conducted by Repucom asked people which sport besides football they preferred a total of 33% voted handball, while basketball came in second with 25% of the votes, ice hockey got 24%, and volleyball got 11%.
Following World War II, along with Germany's involvement, the team was banned from participating in international competitions until 1950. The country was also split into West Germany and East Germany, after the end of Allied occupation in 1949. Also in 1949, in October of that year, the German Basketball Federation was founded.
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Sportspeople born in Frankfurt Subcategories. This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total. ... John Brown (basketball, born 1951) Leon Bunn; C ...