Google honours Dr James Naismith, inventor of basketball, with animated doodle

Google honoured Canadian-American physical educator, professor, doctor and coach, Dr James Naismith with a Doodle today. The doodle celebrated Dr Naismith because it was on this day in 1891, he had invented the game of basketball for students cooped up during winter. The doodle shows an animated Dr Naismith standing with a clipboard inside a gymnasium, as students play basketball and it snows outside. Dr James Naismith envisioned the game as a way for students to better themselves physically and mentally.