Dr. James Naismith

Dr. James Naismith (HM10WV)

Location: Lawrence, KS 66044 Douglas County
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Country: United States of America
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N 38° 57.372', W 95° 12.908'

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Born November 6, 1861 in Almonte Ontario, Canada and died November 28, 1939 in Lawrence, Kansas. Buried in Lawrence Memorial Park.

Dr. Naismith invented the game of basketball as a winter indoor sport for the YMCA at Springfield, Massachusetts in 1891.

In 1898 he accepted a position at the University of Kansas. His goal was to develop the University's Physical Education Department. He also agreed to accept the coaching position of K.U.'s first basketball team.

K.U.'s first games were played either in a local low ceiling roller skating rink or away from home due to the poor facilities at K.U. Naismith was instrumental in the development of the first modern gymnasium for basketball, the old "Robinson Gym" on the K.U. campus.

The Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts is named after him. He was elected posthumously to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 1959.

He also was a 32nd Degree Mason.
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HM NumberHM10WV
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Date Added Friday, October 17th, 2014 at 4:16pm PDT -07:00
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Photo Credits: [1] CRAIG LEENER  [2] CRAIG LEENER  [3] STEVEN HERTZOG  
Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)15S E 308059 N 4314249
Decimal Degrees38.95620000, -95.21513333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 38° 57.372', W 95° 12.908'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds38° 57' 22.32" N, 95° 12' 54.48" W
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Area Code(s)785, 913
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 1446 Elmwood St, Lawrence KS 66044, US
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