James Naismith: The Inventor
Should be known by all the name of James Naismith, is that the Canadian physical education teacher was the first source of basketball, but also was the one who devised the use of helmets in football, which as you can see is very helpful players.
He was born on November 6, 1861 in Almonte, a town in the province of Ontario, the most populous of Canada. Over time he studied at the University of Kansas and completed his studies in Denver, graduated to be a physical education teacher, around 1898 and became the first basketball coach in the world.
Clare Allen coached Forrest “Phog” and soon it also became a basketball coach, in fact it is known as the “Father of Basketball Coaching.” The latter coached the legendary Dean Smith and Adolph Rupp and Dean Smith entrnó turn to Larry Brown and Michael Jordan, Adolph Rupp and Pat Riley, so the tree goes from here is one of the great pillars of basketball perhaps the most important of all time.
James Naismith invented basketball rules and left us all a legacy of star players and unthinkable. Is why it remains so honored in both the USA and Canada.