Dr. James Naismith. He was born 06 November 1861 near Almonte, Ontario, in what is now Canada. While studying at Springfield College in Massachusetts, James developed the precursor to basketball for an assignment in his Physical Education class. Oddly enough, he originally was going to use boxes, but all the school janitor had on had for him to use was a couple of old peach baskets. http://collections.ic.gc.ca/naismith/

Dr. James Naismith See the link below for a nice biography. http://www.hoophall.com/halloffamers/Naismith.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basketball#History. Nuff said

it was invented in Massachuttsets [ah i can't spell that] wikipedia = amazing. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basketball#History

It was invented in Massachusettes, USA by James Naismith (a Canadian). They first threw the balls into peach baskets.

Here is the answer ----> http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blbasketball.htm

James Naismith invented it.

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I don't remember the year, but it was invented in Canada and derived from a game played back then called "Frog on a rock". The Man who invented B-ball refined the game. He was a prof and coach at a university in the N.E. USA to replace football during the winter.... All this and I cannot stand either game....

Dr. James Naismith

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A Canadian Dr James Nairsmith invented it using a Peach basket as the first 'Hoop"

yea but the real basketball was started by Naismith

1) The dinosaurs: - "Dinosaur Basketball 5". These micro dino basketballs are designed especially for young dinosaur loving hoopsters. Dinosaur Basketballs sold deflated." Source and further information: http://store.dinosaurcorporation.com/dinosaurball.html - "Monsta Flush, a Dinosaur Basketballer has Phat Hops and is always Slam Dunking the Rock. " Source and further information: http://www.zazzle.com/dinosaur_basketball_shirt-235300624525917866 - "As well as the high-flying Ornithocheirus, who was as tall as a basketball hoop" Source and further information: http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/7050/prehistoric-planet-the-complete-dino-dynasty/ - "7 Foot Tall Turkey Fossil Found to be Ancestor of Basketball’s Michael Doleac: Having frequented the same stomping ground in Utah as an ancient 7 foot tall turkey, Miami Heat substitute center Michael Doleac acknowledged a genetic link to the unearthed remains of "basketball dinosaur-bird" named Spastic. Spastic, often ridiculed by other dinosaur-birds because of his clumsiness, would ski down slopes in Provost, Utah and frequently crash into giant trees. Hand eye coordination was discovered to be nill by Neuroanthropologist Kenneth >Primalevent who had been rummaging through the clod's remains and noted: "He once tried to shoot a basketball sized dinosaur egg into a bucket constructed from prehistoric bush bark. Cave paintings from ancient sportswriters confirm that sketches of Spastic trying to shoot hoop were often accompanied by the pre-language symbols for the word "airball" or the term "not even close". " Source and further information: http://____www.garlicnews.com/layout1.php?event=3026 ;-) 2) more recently: "In 1891, James Naismith, a physical education instructor at the International Young Men's Christian Association (Y.M.C.A.) Training School (now Springfield College) in Springfield, Massachusetts, invented basketball so that his students would have a game to play indoors during the winter months. Naismith wanted his students to shoot a leather soccer ball into a box attached to the wall, but when a box was not available, a janitor nailed peach baskets to the balcony railing of the gym, thus setting the height of present-day basketball baskets at ten feet above the ground. One of the students wanted to call the game Naismith ball, but the inventor dubbed it simply "basketball." The game became popular among college students, and the first professional basketball game took place when players in Trenton, New Jersey, charged spectators for admission to a game in order to pay the cost of renting the gym...." Source and further information: http://www.enotes.com/history-fact-finder/culture-recreation/who-invented-basketball Further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basketball#History http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Naismith http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blbasketball.htm

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James Naismith, and it's the only sports whose inventor/invention date is known.