Naismith was in New York to attend a basketball doubleheader at Madison Square Garden, 48 years after he created the very game that he was watching. The interview took place in New York on January 31, 1939, just months before he died that November at age 78. He didn’t invent the game in Ontario, that would come when he was a physical education teacher at what is now Springfield College in Massachusetts.Ī University of Kansas professor has discovered what is believed to be the only audio recording of James Naismith, the man who invented the game of basketball. Naismith, who invented the sport in 1891, was born 30 years earlier, near the town of Almonte in Ontario, Canada.

The above collection includes Google Doodle games that are not only fun to play but also interactive and beginner-friendly.It was a short interview back in 1939 – not even three minutes long – but it is one that decades later has a larger historical significance than anyone may have imagined at the time. There are hundreds of Google Doodle games designed to help you unwind as you also learn a thing or two about the person or event being commemorated. Scroll to the bottom of the page and tap on the game’s ‘Play’ icon to begin playing Conclusion Scroll down and read a brief intro to the game and a brief history of Wilbur Scoville Enter and run a search for ‘Scoville’ on the search bar located on the top right corner Objective: To throw ice cream balls on anthropomorphic chilies with a view to freezing them Commemorating: The 151st birthday of pharmacist and researcher Wilbur Scoville

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