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| Title: | True North Strong & Free |
| Notice: | Introduction in Note 535, For Sale/Wanted in 524 |
| Moderator: | POLAR::RICHARDSON |
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| Created: | Fri Jun 19 1987 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1040 |
| Total number of notes: | 13668 |
430.0. "basketball from canada?" by TRLIAN::MENARD (Lost in Ultrixland) Tue Apr 09 1991 14:15
Hi,
I know that it's now baseball season (btw, the Red Sox beat
the Blue Jays at the Skydome on opening day!), but my question is
about basketball. On Jeopardy last night, the answer was "so and
so invented basketball in this city". No one got the question, so
Alex Trebek (a Canadian) gave the question as "where is Springfield,
Massachusetts?". I'm from Massachusetts and I knew the question (in
fact, I beleive the Basketball Hall of Fame is in Springfield), but
my husband, who is originally from Alfred Ontario, swears that the
game of basketball was invented by a Canadian, in a town just south
of Ottawa. He couldn't remember the name of the town. Can any of
you confirm this? If so, who, when, where (and why aren't there any
Canadian NBA teams)?
Thanx,
Paula
Go Red Sox!
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| 430.1 | | FSCORE::PAVEZKA | seton ni segassem cinataS | Tue Apr 09 1991 14:59 | 8 |
| James Naismith was born in Almonte, Ontario (a small town just outside
of Ottawa). He invented the game while working at a school in
Springfield......a sport that could be played indoors during bad
weather. He made some simple rules (used some handball rules), stuck
some peach baskets up at each end of the gym, got a volleyball, and
voila....basketball.
pete
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| 430.2 | | SIOG::EGRI | | Thu Apr 11 1991 08:03 | 6 |
| I read somewhere that he was a professor at Yale or Harvard (not sure
which one) and was asked to come up with a game that the players on the
football team could play to stay in shape during the winter. But he
was definitely Canadian.
Ted
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| 430.3 | Naismith souvenir plates as well... | KAOM25::RUSHTON | The frumious Bandersnatch | Thu Apr 11 1991 12:56 | 22 |
| Not only Canadian but from ALMONTE, Ontario where I live.
Both my kids went to Naismith Memorial Public School where they
have an excellent display of Dr. James Naismith memorabilia.
The stone house where he lived has been designated as an historic
site (it is on the outskirts of Almonte).
Almonte District High School is renowned for its basketball team
(one of its former students, Cory Hallas, is a top draft choice for the NBA and
presently plays for Northwestern University in the States).
The school colours for both Naismith P.S. and ADHS are orange and black:
The colours of a basketball!!!
By the way, ADHS hopes to expand its gymnasium to incorporate a regulation
size basketball court. So, if you would like to send a donation...
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