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Google today showcased a doodle celebrating the legacy of Dr. James Naismith, a Canadian-American physical educator, professor, doctor and coach, who invented the Basketball game. In 1890, while Dr. Naismith was teaching at the YMCA International Training College in Springfield, he was asked to develop an indoor game to keep his footballers in condition during the cold winter. At the …
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 …
