1896 Chicago vs. Iowa men's basketball game

1896 Chicago vs. Iowa game
First modern college basketball game
15	12
Date	January 18, 1896
Venue	Close Hall , Iowa City
Attendance	~500

Last updated May 15, 2023

The 1896 Chicago vs. Iowa men's basketball game was the first five-on-five college basketball game played in United States history.^[2] Although the sport had been first played in 1892, seven to nine players had been used on a side. At the urging of the University of Chicago's head football coach, Amos Alonzo Stagg, Chicago's men's club team traveled to Iowa City, Iowa, to play the University of Iowa on January 18, 1896, in an experimental game.^[3] The match was played in Close Hall, and due to seating capacity constraints, only approximately 500 people were able to watch.^[2] Iowa physical education teacher Dr. Henry F. Kallenberg reduced the teams to five players on a side, and the modern version of basketball was born.^[2] Kallenberg came to Iowa from Springfield College, where he was a classmate of Dr. James Naismith.^[4] Chicago won, 15–12, to secure modern college basketball's first-ever win.^[1]^[2]

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References

1 2 Hawkeye Legends, Lists, & Lore by Mike Finn, Chad Leistikow, Sports Publishing, Inc., Champaign, IL, 1998, p. 3
1 2 3 4 "The Game That Developed". Big Ten Men's Basketball History. Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original on 2011-09-25. Retrieved May 1, 2014.
↑ "James Naismith". Robinson Library. February 18, 2014. Archived from the original on May 17, 2011. Retrieved May 1, 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
↑ Hawkeye Legends, Lists, & Lore by Mike Finn, Chad Leistikow, Sports Publishing, Inc., Champaign, IL, 1998, p. 2

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[P3-1] 1 2 Hawkeye Legends, Lists, & Lore by Mike Finn, Chad Leistikow, Sports Publishing, Inc., Champaign, IL, 1998, p. 3

[BIGTEN-2] 1 2 3 4 "The Game That Developed". Big Ten Men's Basketball History. Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original on 2011-09-25. Retrieved May 1, 2014.

[3] "James Naismith". Robinson Library. February 18, 2014. Archived from the original on May 17, 2011. Retrieved May 1, 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[4] Hawkeye Legends, Lists, & Lore by Mike Finn, Chad Leistikow, Sports Publishing, Inc., Champaign, IL, 1998, p. 2

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