In 1891, James Naismith, a 30-year-old physical education instructor from Springfield, Massachusetts invented an indoor game that could be played between football and baseball seasons - basketball.
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He hung actual peach baskets from the balcony of the gym. Each time someone scored a goal, they had to pull out a ladder and climb up to retrieve the ball. That’s likely would have meant for some extra stoppages in play!
🤯 "In 1891, James Naismith, a 30-year-old physical education instructor from Springfield, Massachusetts invented an indoor game that could be played between football and baseball seasons - basketball. What started as a winter workaround turned into a global obsession with sneakers and buzzer-beaters. 🏀"