James Naismith

James Naismith (6 of November, of 1861, Almonte, Ontario, Canada – 28 of November of 1939, Lawrence, Kansas, United States) was a Canadian trainer and innovator. He invented the basketball sport andhe also invented the first helmet of the American football. He wrote the original rules of basketball, he created the basketball program of the University of Kansas and he could see the basketballadapted like a sport demonstration in the Olympic Games of San Luis in 1904 and like an official sport in the Olympic Games of Berlin in 1936. Naismith's have won numerous posthumous honors because ofhis contributions to basketball, like to belong to the Hall of Fame of Canadian basketball, in the Hall of Fame of the sport legend of Ottawa, in the Fall of Fame of the sport of the McGill University,in the Hall of Fame of sports of Kansas state and the Hall of Fame of FIBA. The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame has his name.

In 1898, Naismith moved to University of Kansas, continuinghis studies in Denver. He was made a teacher and the first trainer of basketball in one school.

His achievements are widely recognized in his career as a trainer in the history of the sport. Hetrained Forrest “Phog” Allen, and after that he became one of the most prize winners as a trainer of United States and Kansas. Phog Allen was the trainer of Dean Smith and Adolph Rupp, two of the mostprize winners as a trainer in the masculine university basketball (between them, they have six NCAA tournaments).

Adolph Rupp was the trainer of Pat Riley that was one of the best players of the NBAhistory, he played 5 tournaments. Dean Smith was a trainer member of the Hall of Fame Larry Brown and of the famous player, Michael Jordan.

In August of the 1936, during the Berlin Olympic Games,he was named as honorable president of FIBA.

Naismith was married with Maude Sherman in 1894 and he had 5 children with her. After death of Maude, in 1937, he was married with Florence Kincade in...