James Naismith essay
Basketball isn’t Canada’s game but the man that invented the game was born in Canada. Canadian heritage is in Canada but some teams are the NBA that are in Canada the Toronto raptors but there aren’t good we still have some Canadian in basketball. Canadians and Americans aren’t two different people there are the same people that live in different countries why can’t But did James Naismith impact Canadians or the hole world.
He was born in Almonte, Ontario, November, 6, 1861. He has one brother and sister and his brother’s name is Robert Naismith and his sister’s name is Annie Naismith and his mother’s and father’s names are Margaret Young and John Naismith. He attended Almonte high school and graduated then he went to Presbyterian college and moved to Montreal McGill University in 1887 that’s when he invented the basketball game but he didn’t make the hoop he thought of a bucket then one of his students thought of a hole in the bottom of the bucket so he did that. He had 14 days to make the game basketball. He also made the American football helmet it was an assignment from his teacher named phys-ed specialist Luther Halsey Gulick for people in England. He got married to a woman named Sherman Maude and had five kids with her. I don’t know the kids names though. His wife died six months after his wife’s death he got remarried to a girl named Florence, Mae, Kincaid. He later died of a heart attack in 1939 in Lawrence, Kansas at the age of 78years old. He published the rules in 1892.
The first official basketball team was the Kansas Jayhawks for the University of Kansas. He coached it for about 9 years and his career record is 55 wins and 60 losses the worst record although he was one of the greatest coaches for a basketball team. He got two rewards named after him the best player award and the best coach award. He got the Canadian Basketball hall of fame and Naismith memorial basketball hall of fame, Canadian Olympic hall of fame, Canadian sports hall of fame, Ontario sports legend hall of fame, Mcgill university sports hall of fame, Ottawa sports hall of fame, Kansas state sports hall of fame and International basketball (FIBA) hall of fame.
In 1885 he got a Silver medal for best all-around athlete and at McGill University in 1887. He got a Gold medal for best all-around athlete at McGill University in 1890 and a Silver medal for work in theology. Also at Presbyterian College and in Montreal 1910 he got his Honorary Master's Degree in Physical Education, and at Kansas University in 1939 he got his Honorary Doctor of Divinity Degree. Also in Presbyterian College. In Montreal 1941 he got a posthumously elected to the American Academy of Physical Education in 1959 and he was the first one in the basketball hall of fame.
Has he ever played basketball did he enjoy playing that’s yes he did play he played college basketball but he didn’t just play he loved playing basketball and he wasn’t just about getting athletic he wanted to go to school and although he wasn’t really smart he still made some very good inventions the helmet and basketball. If you play basketball you wouldn’t be playing if James Naismith was born. But he wasn’t just a player he was a coach to but he did have a very good record to go with but he was one of the greatest coaches in history. Would you be able to invent something.
