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A Canadian-American, the director of the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA), who is recognized as one of the most significant contributors to the sport of basketball and the inventor of the sport of basketball, was born on November 6, 1861, in Almonte, Canada and educated at Presbyterian College in Montreal and the University of McGill. From 1887 to 1890, at McGill University, he taught physical education. He worked at the Young Men's Christian Association Training School from 1890 to 1895. During the harsh winter months, he invented basketball as an indoor sport as an activity for his students in 1891. At the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA), he served as the director of physical education from 1895 to 1898 and at the University of Kansas from 1898 to 1937. In 1959, he was voted to the Basketball Hall of Fame for his most significant contributions to the sport of basketball. The institution which is located in Springfield officially called the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame was named in his honour.
He died on November 28, 1939, in Lawrence, Kansas, United States.
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