{"id":1688,"date":"2017-11-06T19:25:16","date_gmt":"2017-11-06T19:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/gbsl\/?p=1688"},"modified":"2017-12-04T18:07:56","modified_gmt":"2017-12-04T18:07:56","slug":"james-naismith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/gbsl\/james-naismith\/","title":{"rendered":"This Day in Business History: Happy Birthday, James Naismith"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>November 6, 1861:\u00a0 James Naismith, credited with inventing the game of basketball, was born in Almonte, Ontario, Canada.\u00a0 He created the game in 1891 at a YMCA, and later went on to found the University of Kansas basketball program.\u00a0 Years later, he helped bring basketball at the 1936 Summer Olympic Games.\u00a0\u00a0 While there, he presented medals to the winning teams (U.S. went home with Gold).<\/p>\n<p>Explore the business side of sports with the GBL&#8217;s subscription to <a href=\"http:\/\/business.library.emory.edu\/research-learning\/databases\/sbrn.php\">Sports Business Research Network<\/a>.\u00a0 It includes market research, data, and industry news for sports including equipment sales, participation, sponsorship, marketing, and broadcasting.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/gbsl\/files\/2017\/11\/invented-basketball.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1697 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/gbsl\/files\/2017\/11\/invented-basketball.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"134\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/discovere.emory.edu\/business:default_scope:01EMORY_ALMA21198461070002486\">James Naismith: The Man Who Invented Basketball, by Rob Rains and Hellen Carpenter<\/a><br \/>\nGV884 .N34 R35 2009<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/gbsl\/files\/2017\/11\/basketball-man.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1696 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/gbsl\/files\/2017\/11\/basketball-man-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"130\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/gbsl\/files\/2017\/11\/basketball-man-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/gbsl\/files\/2017\/11\/basketball-man.jpg 335w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 130px) 100vw, 130px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/discovere.emory.edu\/business:default_scope:01EMORY_ALMA21189795280002486\">The Basketball Man, James Naismith, by Bernice Larson Webb<\/a><br \/>\nGV884 .N34 W42<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sources:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/exhibits.lib.ku.edu\/exhibits\/show\/naismith150\/collections\/ku\">https:\/\/exhibits.lib.ku.edu\/exhibits\/show\/naismith150\/collections\/ku<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kshs.org\/kansapedia\/james-naismith\/12154\">https:\/\/www.kshs.org\/kansapedia\/james-naismith\/12154<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 6, 1861:\u00a0 James Naismith, credited with inventing the game of basketball, was born in Almonte, Ontario, Canada.\u00a0 He created the game in 1891 at a YMCA, and later went on to found the University of Kansas basketball program.\u00a0 Years later, he helped bring basketball at the 1936 Summer Olympic Games.\u00a0\u00a0 While there, he presented <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/gbsl\/james-naismith\/\">Read More 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