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James A Naismith was born in Almonte, Canada. http://www.biography.com/people/james-a-naismith-9420059
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After graduating for McGill University in Montreal, he began working as a P.E. teacher at the YMCA Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts. Naismith tried to invent a new indoor game for the children to play in the winter. http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h2065.html
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Naismith was inspired by a game called "Duck-on-a-Rock" http://inventors.about.com/od/inventorsalphabet/a/James_Naismith.htm
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When the idea was first proposed, Naismith used a soccer ball and two peach baskets to play the game http://inventors.about.com/od/inventorsalphabet/a/James_Naismith.htm
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As the idea was still in the making, Naismith completed the rules of the game. http://inventors.about.com/od/inventorsalphabet/a/James_Naismith.htm
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Naismith upgraded the peach baskets to iron rims with a hammock-style basket http://inventors.about.com/od/inventorsalphabet/a/James_Naismith.htm
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He not only invented the game of basketball, he founded one of the most successful basketball programs to this day, the University of Kansas. http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h2065.html
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To simplify the game even more, Naismith replaced the hammock-style nets to the open-ended nets of today, so players didn't have to keep retreiving the ball ou to the basket. http://inventors.about.com/od/inventorsalphabet/a/James_Naismith.htm
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In November 28, 1939, James A. Naismith passed away and is now remembered as the game's most influential man. http://www.biography.com/people/james-a-naismith-9420059
