1891 in basketball

Last updated October 02, 2019

The following are the basketball events of the year 1891 throughout the world.

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball through the defender's hoop while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own hoop. A field goal is worth two points, unless made from behind the three-point line, when it is worth three. After a foul, timed play stops and the player fouled or designated to shoot a technical foul is given one or more one-point free throws. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins, but if regulation play expires with the score tied, an additional period of play (overtime) is mandated.

1891 (MDCCCXCI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1891st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 891st year of the 2nd millennium, the 91st year of the 19th century, and the 2nd year of the 1890s decade. As of the start of 1891, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Events

December 21 – The first game of basketball is played at the Springfield YMCA Training School under the rules of James Naismith.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Springfield, Massachusetts City in Massachusetts

Springfield is a city in the state of Massachusetts, United States, and the seat of Hampden County. Springfield sits on the eastern bank of the Connecticut River near its confluence with three rivers: the western Westfield River, the eastern Chicopee River, and the eastern Mill River. As of the 2010 Census, the city's population was 153,060. As of 2018, the estimated population was 155,032, making it the third-largest city in Massachusetts, the fourth-most populous city in New England after Boston, Worcester, and Providence, and the 12th-most populous in the Northeastern United States. Metropolitan Springfield, as one of two metropolitan areas in Massachusetts, had a population of 692,942 as of 2010.

YMCA [pronounced Y-M-C-A], sometimes regionally called the Y, is a worldwide organisation based in Geneva, Switzerland, with more than 64 million beneficiaries from 120 national associations. It was founded on 6 June 1844 by Sir George Williams in London, originally as the Young Men's Christian Association and aims to put Christian principles into practice by developing a healthy "body, mind, and spirit".

James Naismith Canadian-American coach; inventor of basketball

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The following are the basketball events of the year 1892 throughout the world.

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References

↑ McCuaig, Donald. "Basketball: A YMCA Invention". YMCA. Archived from the original on 2016-03-14. Retrieved June 9, 2014.
↑ Griffiths, Sian (September 20, 2010). "The Canadian who invented basketball". BBC. Retrieved June 9, 2014.
↑ "James Naismith". Naismith Museusm. Archived from the original on September 14, 2013. Retrieved June 9, 2014.

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[1] McCuaig, Donald. "Basketball: A YMCA Invention". YMCA. Archived from the original on 2016-03-14. Retrieved June 9, 2014.

[2] Griffiths, Sian (September 20, 2010). "The Canadian who invented basketball". BBC. Retrieved June 9, 2014.

[3] "James Naismith". Naismith Museusm. Archived from the original on September 14, 2013. Retrieved June 9, 2014.